constituent
noun
con·stit·u·ent
| \ kən-ˈstich-wənt
, -ˈsti-chə-, -ˈsti-chü-ənt\
, -ˈsti-chə-, -ˈsti-chü-ənt\
Definition of constituent
(Entry 1 of 2)
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: a member of a constituency
pledged to help her elderly constituents
3
: one who authorizes another to act as agent : principal
4
: a structural unit of a definable syntactic, semantic, or phonological category that consists of one or more linguistic elements (such as words, morphemes, or features) and that can occur as a component of a larger construction
constituent
adjectiveDefinition of constituent (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: serving to form, compose, or make up a unit or whole : component
constituent parts
2
: having the power to create a government or frame or amend a constitution
a constituent assembly
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Synonyms & Antonyms for constituent
Synonyms: Noun
building block, component, element, factor, ingredient, member
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of constituent in a Sentence
Noun
She's pledged to help her elderly constituents. Many senators have received calls from constituents who want them to vote in favor of the law. the chemical constituents of the liquidAdjective
The company can be separated into several constituent parts.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
This is the second of a series of mobile office hours for constituents to share their opinions and ideas or receive help with issues involving state agencies. — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, "Naperville News Digest," 7 June 2019 The planetary fragment at SDSS J1228 was found by examining the spectra of the star, or the breaking down of its light into constituent elements with a device called a spectroscope. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "Scientists Think They've Found a Dead Planetary Core Orbiting a Dead Star," 4 Apr. 2019 The lawmaker said proximity to her constituents was the reason behind scheduling the town hall meeting in Brooklyn. — John Benson, cleveland.com, "State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney to discuss state budget, guns at Brooklyn town hall meeting," 21 Aug. 2019 The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Representative Lori Ehrlich and Senator Jamie Eldridge and endorsed by nearly 100 legislators and 200 constituent groups. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Massachusetts plastic bag ban is now tied up in Beacon Hill," 19 Aug. 2019 First, the variables have been captured, and then broken down into their constituent parts and weighted. — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, "Solve your next big problem at work or home with the help of a logic tree," 7 Aug. 2019 For example, in Chicago, sellers need to get block-party permits from their alderman’s office and signatures of 65% of residents, said Anthony Joel Quezada, constituent services director for the 35th Ward. — Debbie Carlson, chicagotribune.com, "3 ways to have a yard sale when you don’t have a yard," 8 July 2019 How do the constituent parts of, say, a city—from infrastructure, to institutions, to people—interact and influence each other? — Alicia Prager, Quartz, "A new party wants to break Bosnia’s political deadlock using computer science," 28 June 2019 Chavez’s leftist allies in Ecuador and Bolivia would later install their own constituent assemblies to weaken traditional political parties. — Peter Millard, Bloomberg.com, "A Timeline of Venezuela’s Economic Rise and Fall," 16 Feb. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
All of these legislative and constituent pressures are converting Congress from an institution that could once think problems through to responsible conclusions into one that substitutes political reflex for reflection. — James L. Buckley, National Review, "Preserving Our Republic as Federal Government Expands," 6 Feb. 2018 Our theory of change here is that the power that any individual local activist has is constituent power. — Michelle Goldberg, Slate Magazine, "How Chuck Schumer Found His Spine," 30 Jan. 2017 May 9, 2017 Constituent questions about health care have dominated Labrador’s latest run of town hall meetings around his district, which covers the entire western part of the state from the Canadian border south to the Nevada line. — Bill Dentzer, idahostatesman, "Labrador files papers for governor run, plans announcement in ‘coming weeks’," 9 May 2017 Constituent pressure such as this led two Republican senators to abandon support for Trump’s education secretary nominee, who was confirmed only when Vice President Pence broke a Senate deadlock. — Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post, "Trump has galvanized activists on the left. Can they stay energized?," 29 Apr. 2017 Afterward, most constituent mail is scanned and forwarded to congressional offices as an electronic image. — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, "What Calling Congress Achieves," 6 Mar. 2017 Presidents have dealt with constituent mail differently over the years. — Jeanne Marie Laskas, New York Times, "To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation," 17 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'constituent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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constituent
noun
English Language Learners Definition of constituent
(Entry 1 of 2)
: any one of the people who live and vote in an area : a member of a constituency
: one of the parts that form something
constituent
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of constituent (Entry 2 of 2)
: forming part of a whole
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