constituted
part of speech
verb (past form of constitute: constitute, constitutes, constituted, constituting)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) Constituted means made up, formed: «The class is constituted of 30 pupils.» tree →
2) (formal) Constituted means counted as: «This constituted a record.» tree →
3) To be constituted means to be set up officially, like a committee. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in the stiff exam voice and formal texts. In maths it can tell what parts make up a total: «Girls constituted half of the class.» Phrases: «constituted of», «duly constituted».
examples
- Girls constituted half of the team. tree →
- Water constituted most of the mixture. tree →
- The council was constituted last spring. tree →
- Their act constituted a breach of the rules. tree →
- 12 of the 48 marbles were red; what fraction did red marbles constitute? tree →
- The committee is constituted of five members. tree →
- In fact, the hearth was held so sacred that it constituted the sanctum of the family, for which reason it was always erected in the centre of every house. tree →
note
Formal; in everyday speech say «made up» or «was». Noun: constitution. Maths: «X constitutes 1/4 of the total» means X = total ÷ 4.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «constituted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.