constitute
part of speech
verb (constitute, constitutes, constituted, constituting)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) To make up or form something; to be the parts of a whole. tree →
2) (formal) To be or count as something. tree →
3) (formal) To set up an official group. tree →
sense in the lessons
Formal exam word: "girls constitute half the class" means girls make up half. In rules: "this constitutes cheating" means this counts as cheating. Phrases: constitute a danger, constitute a part.
examples
- Twelve months constitute a year. tree →
- Girls constitute half the class. tree →
- Copying answers constitutes cheating. tree →
- Broken glass on the path constitutes a danger. tree →
- Water constitutes most of a cucumber. tree →
- The committee was constituted last month. tree →
- For the moment, however, it constitutes their chief danger. tree →
note
Regular verb. Nouns: constitution (the rules of a country, or your body's health), constituent (a part). In maths, "constitute half" means a fraction of the total: find half the total.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «constitute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.