constituent
adjective/kənˈstɪtʃuənt/
/kənˈstɪtʃuənt/
[only before noun] (formal)- forming or helping to make a whole
- to break something up into its constituent parts/elements
- the country’s constituent republics
Oxford Collocations DictionaryConstituent is used with these nouns:- element
- part
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a noun denoting a person who appoints another as agent): from Latin constituent- (partly via French constituant) ‘establishing, appointing’, from the verb constituere, from con- ‘together’ + statuere ‘set up’.Want to learn more?
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