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How to use constitute in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Constitute means to set up; to establish; to enact. Example: “A large tank of hydrogen constituted most of the bulk of that rocket.”

Examples of constitute by meaning

verbTo make up; to compose; to form.

  • Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288

More sentences with constitute

  • A large tank of hydrogen constituted most of the bulk of that rocket.From the entry hydrogen
  • The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.From the entry degree
  • The party stalwarts constitute the bulwark that ensures the president's term of office.From the entry bulwark
  • Failure to perform a contract on time may constitute a breach of contract.From the entry perform
  • Depending on the case, extermination of a group of people may constitute genocide or crime against humanity.From the entry extermination
  • The party's staunchest stalwarts constitute the President's redoubtable bulwark against the latter bribery accusations.From the entry stalwart
  • The subsets of a set X which constitute a topology are called the open sets of X.From the entry topology
  • Canadians have mixed views concerning whether the Québécois people constitute a distinct nation.From the entry Québécois
  • The Chinantec or Chinantecan languages constitute a branch of the Oto-Manguean family. (Wikipedia).From the entry Chinantec
  • Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.From the entry letter
  • The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute a network of life via their complex interactions.From the entry network
  • Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard.From the entry slash
  • In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.From the entry invoke
  • Meconic acid constitutes about 5% of opium.From the entry meconic acid
  • The court sought to establish that preparation for a crime, by itself, does not constitute an attempted crime.From the entry by itself
  • Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift.From the entry monopoly
  • The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and include all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc.From the entry endogen
  • In eras when trade was largely by barter and taxes were usually paid in kind, moneyless transactions could constitute a large percentage of a national economy.From the entry moneyless
  • It held that subjective distress alone does not constitute legal harm.2026 July 6, Massimo Introvigne, “Global Anti-Cultism and the Return of “Brainwashing” Theories”, in Bitter Winter. From the entry methodologically
  • Industry reports estimate that warehouse picking constitutes up to 55% of a fulfillment center’s operating costs.2025 July 15, “Human Warehouse Picking Still Has It All Over Robots”, in FMH Conveyors, United States, archived from the original on 07…. From the entry warehouse picking
  • A’s commencement of the proceeding against B constitutes a contempt of court.2024, Parliament of Singapore, “Administration of Justice (Protection) (Amendment) Act 2024”, in Republic of Singapore Government Gazette…. From the entry contempt of court
  • Many commentators have argued that training AI with copyrighted material constitutes “fair use”2023 August 19, Alex Reisner, “Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI”, in The Atlantic. From the entry fair use
  • Yet, a century later, what constitutes giftedness is still being debated.2023 November 3, Angus Holland, “‘I don’t think of it at all as a gift’: Why it’s complicated being a gifted child”, in The Sydney Morning…. From the entry giftedness
  • After all, who gets to decide what constitutes a crime and what constitutes the punishment?2023, Caroline Baker, Don Baker, “Cancel This! Influencers React to Cancel Culture and Deplatforming”, in An Influencer’s World: A…. From the entry uncancel
  • Collectively, these groups constitute the regiments of the red-squirrelian defence force.2023, Peter Coates, Squirrel Nation: Reds, Greys and the Meaning of Home, page 177. From the entry squirrelian
  • The results constitute the first chemical evidence of a germyne to be reported.2023, Vladimir Ya Lee, Organogermanium Compounds, Theory, Experiment, and Applications, 2 Volumes, page 7. From the entry germyne
  • In Asplanchnidae, rami are large and hooked and constitute incudate mastax, but reduced rami may be present.2018, Fstik Baran Mandal, Biology of Non-Chordates, 2nd edition, PHI Learning, page 198. From the entry incudate
  • Therefore, we conclude that the underlying pathophysiological mechanism of ASD constitutes a “connectopathy.”2017, Takao Yamasaki, Toshihiko Maekawa, Takako Fujita, & Shozo Tobimatsu, "Connectopathy in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of…. From the entry connectopathy
  • They constituted the very first form of alternance between work and study.2016, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Time and the Rhythms of Emancipatory Education, page 126. From the entry alternance
  • Grass-eaters constituted the majority of police officers who were corrupt; meat-eaters were rare.2016 September 13, Regoli, John D. Hewitt, Anna E. Kosloski, Exploring Criminal Justice, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC…. From the entry grass-eater
  • Like Polish-speakers, Lithuanianphones, Slovakophones and Russophones actively constitute three distinct language communities in Ireland.2016, Tomasz Kamusella, “Migration or Immigration? Ireland's New and Unexpected Polish-Language Community”, in Tomasz Kamusella, Motoki…. From the entry Slovakophone
  • Finally, coral reef POM constitutes a source of OM for planktonic invertebrates and planktonophagous fish.2015 July 2, Briand MJ, Bonnet X, Goiran C, Guillou G, Letourneur Y, “Major Sources of Organic Matter in a Complex Coral Reef Lagoon…. From the entry planktonophagous
  • But Franks (or Franco-Levantines) and Greeks constituted the two major ethno-religious groups, Latin and Orthodox respectively.2015, Professor Jim Samson, Dr Nicoletta Demetriou, Music in Cyprus, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry Franco-Levantine
  • At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity.2015, Edward J. Latessa, Paula Smith, Corrections in the Community, page 211. From the entry pseudoservice
  • In his ideogenetic view, these fixed ideas constitute the very heart of the symptoms of the disorder.2015, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, The Trinity of Trauma, page 30. From the entry ideogenetic
  • In its revived form at Edgmond it constitutes part of the annual “feast” of the parish schools.2015, Felicity Trotman, A Year in the Life of Victorian Britain. From the entry clip the church
  • Together they assert that for Palestinians daily existence itself constitutes resistance.2015 August 26, Joshua Mack, “Sharjah Biennial 12”, in ArtReview, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2024. From the entry golemlike
  • Man's reflectibility, his self-mirroring in consciousness, constitutes human intelligibility: man's intelligibility for himself and for his fellow-men.2013, Martti Siirala, Medicine in Metamorphosis: Speech, Presence and Integration, page 27. From the entry reflectibility
  • This group constitutes around 9 percent of the total number of acquisitions of Dutch nationality through option.2012, Oliver W. Vonk, Dual Nationality in the European Union: A Study on Changing Norms […], →ISBN, page 243, note 154. From the entry option

Meaning of constitute

  1. verb To set up; to establish; to enact.
  2. verb To make up; to compose; to form.
  3. verb To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

Full definition of constitute

Questions about constitute in a sentence

How do you use constitute in a sentence?
Constitute is used as a verb and noun. For example: “A large tank of hydrogen constituted most of the bulk of that rocket.”
What is a short sentence with constitute?
“Meconic acid constitutes about 5% of opium.”
What does constitute mean?
Constitute means to set up; to establish; to enact.

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