constituent
pronunciation
How to pronounce constituent in British English:
UK [kənˈstɪtjuənt]
How to pronounce constituent in American English:
US [kənˈstɪtʃuənt]
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- Noun:
- 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
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- an abstract part of something
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- Adjective:
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
Word Origin
- constituent (n.)
- 1620s, "one who appoints or elects a representative," from Latin constituentem (nominative constituens), present participle of constituere (see constitute). The notion is "to make up or compose" a body by appointing or electing a representative. As an adjective, "essential, characteristic," from 1660s; "that appoints or elects a representative to a body," from 1714.
Example
- 1. Usability is no rocket science , it 's a constituent of simple methods worked to get simpler solutions .
- 2. By contrast the blue-chip dow jones industrial average , whose more defensive constituent stocks pay higher dividends , finished the quarter up 7.5 per cent .
- 3. Only a handful of conservative mps voted for him as speaker : one constituent says he was chosen by labour as a " practical joke " .