constituent

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 6.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Being a part or component of a whole.
2. adjective Constitutive or constituting. Authorized to make a constitution.

   the Constituent Assembly

3. adjective Authorized to make a constitution.

   the Constituent Assembly

4. noun A part, or component of a whole.
5. noun A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
6. noun A resident of an area represented by an elected official, in relation to that official or political office.
7. noun One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
8. noun A functional element of a phrase or clause.

Similar words

component fractional factor constitutive constitutional essential ingredient organic element grammatical constituent

Often followed by

assembly of parts elements in part is units members

Word family

constituencies constituency constituently constituents constitute constituted constitutes constituting constitution constitutional