constituency

«constituency» in Mova's school dictionary: An area of a country whose voters elect one or more… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a constituency, constituencies)

meaning for a pupil

1) (politics, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia) An area of a country whose voters elect one or more members to parliament. tree →

2) The people who live and vote in such an area. tree →

3) A group of people who support someone or whose interests someone represents. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and politics lessons it explains how MPs are elected in the UK: each constituency elects one MP. In news at election time it is used a lot. Phrases: "my constituency", "a marginal constituency", "constituency MP".

examples

• There are 650 constituencies in the UK. tree →
• Our constituency elected a new MP. tree →
• The MP held a meeting for people in her constituency. tree →
• Ireland's constituencies elect several members each. tree →
• He visits his constituency every weekend. tree →

note

Plural: constituencies. In the USA, the area is usually called a "district". Also related: "constituent" (a voter in a constituency).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «constituency» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.