constituent
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō, from com- + statuo; see statute or statue, and compare institute and restitute.
Pronunciation- IPA: /kənˈstɪtjuənt/, /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuənt/
constituent (not comparable)
- being a part, or component of a whole
- 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC ↗:
- Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.
- constitutive or constituting; (politics) authorized to make a constitution
- the Constituent Assembly
- 1769, Junius, letter on 19 December, 1769, (part of Letters of Junius)
- A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.
- French: constituant
- German: ausmachend, fest, Bestand-
- Italian: costituente
- Portuguese: constituinte
- French: constituant
- German: verfassunggebend, satzungsgebend, konstituierend
- Italian: costituente
- Portuguese: constituinte
- Spanish: constituyente
constituent (plural constituents)
- A part, or component of a whole
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs
- a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC ↗:
- whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes.
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 25, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC ↗:
- To appeal from the representatives to the constituents.
- A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause
- French: composant
- German: Bestandteil, formbildender Bestandteil
- Italian: elemento, costitutivo
- Portuguese: constituinte
- Russian: соста́вная часть
- French: électeur, administré, commettant
- German: Wahlkreisbewohner, Wahlkreisbewohnerin
- Italian: elettore
- Russian: избира́тель
- French: constituant
- German: Konstituente, Bestandteil, sprachliche Einheit
- Italian: elemento
- Portuguese: constituinte
- Russian: составля́ющая
- Spanish: constituyente
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