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Antonyms for constituent

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : kuh n-stich-oo-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈstɪtʃ u ənt

Definition of constituent

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj component, part
  • adj voting
  • noun element
Example sentences :
  • Congress adopted the scheme, and the constituent convention was called.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • It combined cavalry and infantry and all the constituent elements of an army.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 » by Various
  • The work of the Constituent was doomed by the very nature of things.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley
  • Synthesis is the process of forming a compound from its constituent parts.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • Its two constituent parts are ratiocination and description.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
  • Mr. Sorby finds plates of mica to be also a constituent of slate-rock.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • We must now look from the wire, as a whole, to its constituent atoms.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • Yet Time is perhaps the more real, and assuredly the richer, constituent of the two.
  • Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
  • Do we find anything of all this in the Constituent Assembly?
  • Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
  • They were not constituent, but the very reverse of constituent.
  • Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Synonyms for constituent

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