constitute

Speech parts

1. constitute - Noun

2. constitute - Verb

Meaning

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

To make up; to compose; to form.

To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

An established law.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

form establish make represent comprise compose institute found name create plant appoint nominate enact embody
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Antonyms

end lost close butcher damage break
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Hypernyms

institute found plant represent establish comprise

Hyponyms

form make name present range add

Phrases with the word

constitute proof of constitute a danger constitute a danger to constitute a hazard to constitute a problem constitute a risk

Derivatives

constituted constituting

Examples

Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture. David Bohm

Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity. Robert Mugabe

Of all the doctors I have known, psychoanalysts, a congregation of lay priests with bible, rites, and the faithful, constitute the most sinister, the most ridiculous, the most unwholesome of the species. António Lobo Antunes

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson

The act itself does not constitute a crime, unless the intent be criminal. Latin Proverb

Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

constituitive constitutability constitutable constitute a challenge constitute a danger constitute a danger to