constituent
/kən'stitjuənt/
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Definition
Noun:
- A component or part of a larger whole: A constituent is one of the parts that makes up something, such as a system, mixture, or entity.
- A voting member of a political community: A constituent is a person who lives in a particular electoral district and is represented by an elected official.
- (Grammar) A word, phrase, or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction: In linguistics, a constituent is a syntactic unit that functions as part of a larger structure within a sentence.
Adjective:
- Being a part of a whole; composing: Describes something that serves as a component or element in the makeup of something else.
- Having the power to elect or appoint: Describes a body or group with the authority to create or establish something, such as a constitution.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Component):
- Hydrogen and oxygen are the main constituents of water.
- The committee analyzed every constituent of the complex policy proposal.
- Noun (Voter):
- The senator held a town hall to listen to the concerns of her constituents.
- As a constituent, you have the right to contact your representative.
- Noun (Grammar):
- In the phrase "the big red ball," "big red" is a constituent modifying "ball."
- Adjective:
- The constituent elements of the alloy give it its strength.
- A constituent assembly was formed to draft the new constitution.
Advanced Usage
- "Constituent power": The fundamental power of a people to create and establish their own constitution and government.
- The revolution was an exercise of the nation's constituent power.
- "Immediate constituent" (Grammar): A constituent that is directly below a given node in a syntactic tree structure.
- Linguists analyze sentences by breaking them down into their immediate constituents.
Variants and Related Words
- Constitute (verb): To be the parts or elements that form or make up something.
- Twelve months constitute a year.
- Constitution (noun): The system of fundamental principles or established precedents by which a state or organization is governed; also, the composition or formation of something.
- Constituency (noun): The body of voters or residents in a district represented by an elected official.
Synonyms
- Component: A part or element of a larger whole.
- Element: A fundamental or essential part.
- Ingredient: A component part of a mixture or compound.
- Part: A portion or division of a whole.
Related Phrases
- Constituent assembly: A body of representatives convened to draft or adopt a constitution.
- Constituent state: A member state within a larger federation or union.
Adjective
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
Noun
- an abstract part of something
- jealousy was a component of his character
- two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
- the grammatical elements of a sentence
- a key factor in her success
- humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
- spare components for cars
- a component or constituent element of a system