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Word: Constituent
Speech Type: Adjective
late 15th century (as a noun denoting a person who appoints another as agent): from Latin constituent- (partly via French constituant) ‘establishing, appointing’, from the verb constituere (see constitute)
kənˈstɪtjʊənt
being a part of a whole
Short Definition:being part of whole
Examples:- the constituent minerals of the rock
being a voting member of an organization and having the power to appoint or elect
Short Definition:having power to appoint or elect
Examples:- the constituent body has a right of veto
Word: Constituent
Speech Type: Noun
kənˈstɪtjʊənt
a member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body
Short Definition:member of constituency
Examples:- the MP is playing on his constituents' sense of regional identity to win votes
a component part of something
Short Definition:component part
Examples:- the essential constituents of the human diet
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