English to English

constituent

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Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.(adjective)

source: webster1913

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(noun.artifact)

Example:
A component or constituent element of a system.

Synonym:
component, element

source: wordnet30
a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes(noun.person)

Example:
Needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected.

source: wordnet30
something determined in relation to something that includes it(noun.linkdef)

Example:
The animal constituent of plankton.

Synonym:
component, component part, part, portion

source: wordnet30
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction(noun.communication)

Synonym:
grammatical constituent

source: wordnet30
an abstract part of something(noun.cognition)

Example:
Two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony.

Synonym:
component, element, factor, ingredient

source: wordnet30
The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.(noun)

source: webster1913

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