Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to cause to stand; to establish; to enact:
to make up; to compose; to form:
Русский
By meaning 3
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:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
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:

Examples

53 sentences

  1. These things constitute a balanced meal.

    ruЭти продукты составляют сбалансированное питание. — fjay69

    deDiese Sachen bilden eine ausgewogene Mahlzeit. — moskytoo

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  2. Music constitutes a part of me.

    deDie Musik ist ein Teil von mir. — Eldad

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  3. Facts do not constitute the truth.

    ruИстина не состоит из фактов. — xmoffx

    deFakten bilden nicht die Wahrheit. — Naina

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To set up; to establish; to enact.

    gründen, begründen, bilden

    устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ, учрежда́тьučreždátʹ, установи́тьustanovítʹ

    устано́влюватиustanóvljuvaty, установи́тиustanovýty, встано́влюватиvstanóvljuvaty

    set up or lay the groundwork for

  2. (transitive)To make up; to compose; to form.

    ausmachen, bilden, darstellen

    составля́тьsostavljátʹ, формирова́тьformirovátʹ, явля́ть собо́йjavljátʹ sobój

    станови́тиstanovýty, склада́тиskladáty

    form or compose

  3. (transitive)To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

    ernennen, einsetzen

    ста́витьstávitʹ, поста́витьpostávitʹ

Origin

From Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstitūtum, neuter of cōnstitūtus, past parti

From Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstitūtum, neuter of cōnstitūtus, past participle of Latin cōnstituō (“to put in place; set up; establish”), from con- (“with”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”).

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Forms

constitutes, constituting, constituted, constituted

regular · Lesson

Base formconstitute · to constitute
3rd person singularconstitutes
Present participleconstituting
Past simpleconstituted
Past participleconstituted

Tenses

constitute · constituted · will constitute · have constituted

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconstitute
he, she, itconstitutes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave constituted
he, she, ithas constituted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill constitute

Past simpleLesson

all personsconstituted

Synonyms

14 synonyms
To set up:establishA2enact
To make up:make up
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words
RelatedconstitutionB1constituencyconstituentconstitutionalconstitutionalizationconstitutive
Derivedcoconstituteconstitutabilityconstitutableconstituterconstitutorypreconstitutereconstituteunconstituted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
constipationconstituencyconstituentconstitutionB1constitutionalconstrain

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