constituteverb
uk/ˈkɒn.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈkɑːn.stə.tuːt/constitute verb (BE CONSIDERED AS)
C1 [ L only + noun, not continuous ] formal to be or be considered as something:
This latest defeat constitutes a major setback for the Democrats.
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- The long-term unemployed now constitute a sort of underclass.
- The publishers claim that the book constitutes 'the first sequential exposition of events and thus of the history of the revolution'.
- The takeover of the embassy constitutes a blatant violation of international law.
- They felt that our discussions with other companies constituted a breach of our agreement.
- Her refusal to sell the house constituted a major blow to our plans.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Existing and being
- account for sth
- alive
- am
- are
- be
- come
- extant
- go
- go back
- have legs idiom
- hood
- languish
- leg
- lie
- lie in sth
- live
- lurk
- obtain
- run
- stalk
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constitute verb (FORM PART OF)
C1 [ L not continuous ] to form or make something:
Women constitute about ten percent of Parliament.
The under-18s constitute nearly 25 percent of the town's population.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Comprising and consisting of
- be
- compose
- composition
- comprise
- consist in sth
- consist of sth
- constituent
- constitution
- constitutive
- form
- from
- make
- make up
- make up sth
- of