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  2. to be or be considered as something: This latest defeat constitutes a major setback for the Democrats. Fewer examples. 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 '.

  3. 1. to set up (a law, government, institution, etc.); establish. 2. to set up (an assembly, proceedings, etc.) in a legal or official form. 3. to give a certain office or function to; appoint. our officially constituted spokesperson. 4. to make up; be the components or elements of; form; compose.

  4. Definitions of 'constitute'. 1. If something constitutes a particular thing, it can be regarded as being that thing. [...] 2. If a number of things or people constitute something, they are the parts or members that form it. [...] More.

  5. What does the verb constitute mean? There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb constitute , six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  6. The items listed in a recipe constitute what will be in a cake; later, the individual ingredients constitute the cake. Eleven players constitute a football team on the field. We can even say that abstract qualities are constituted.

  7. The meaning of CONSTITUTE is make up, form, compose. How to use constitute in a sentence.

  8. verb (used with object) , con·sti·tut·ed, con·sti·tut·ing. to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand. to appoint to an office or function; make or create: He was constituted treasurer. to establish (laws, an institution, etc.). Synonyms: commission, institute.

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