MEANING
1. To form the components of something.
2. To be sufficient to count as a particular act, condition, or category.
3. To create or organize a body through an official act.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- constitute a majority
- constitute the evidence
On the page
Temporary contracts constitute most of the available positions.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- constitute
- Past tense
- constituted
- Past participle
- constituted
- Present participle
- constituting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- constitute
- Present continuous
- am/is/are constituting
- Present perfect
- have/has constituted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been constituting
- Past
- constituted
- Past continuous
- was/were constituting
- Past perfect
- had constituted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been constituting
- Future
- will constitute
- Future continuous
- will be constituting
- Future perfect
- will have constituted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been constituting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: constitute; constitutes; constituted; constituted; constituting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: constitutes.
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