Meaning

6 senses
  1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution or structure of one's body or mind.

    a constitutional infirmity constitutional ardour or dullness

  2. For the benefit of one's constitution or health.

    a constitutional walk

    of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup

  3. Relating to the constitution or composition of something; essential, fundamental.

  4. Relating to a legal or political constitution (“the basic law of a nation or institution; the formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institution”).

    a constitutional right constitutional reforms

    Brexit has rocked the foundations of the nation and plunged everyone into a state of heightened constitutional anxiety.

    verfassungsmäßig

    конституцио́нныйkonstituciónnyj

    конституці́йнийkonstytucíjnyj

    sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

  5. In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution.

    The Supreme Court ruled against the applicant and found the statute constitutional.

    verfassungsgemäß, verfassungsmäßig

    конституцио́нныйkonstituciónnyj

  6. (also)Of a monarch: having a purely ceremonial role, or possessing powers limited by a constitution rather than plenary or unlimited powers.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. I'm going out for my constitutional.

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  2. I'm out for my morning constitutional.

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  3. It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.

    ruПри таких обстоятельствах и начался конституционный кризис.

    deUnter ebendiesen Umständen begann die Verfassungskrise.

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  4. What's true in a pure democracy might not be true in a constitutional one.

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  5. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability.

    ruПоследующие конституционные реформы восстановили относительную политическую стабильность.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
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By meaning 2
relating to a legal or political constitution:
in compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution:
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