constitution
part of speech
noun (a constitution, constitutions)
meaning for a pupil
1) A constitution is the set of basic laws and rules that says how a country or group is governed. tree →
2) A person's constitution is how healthy and strong their body is. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and citizenship lessons the Constitution of the United States, or the constitutions of Australia and Ireland, set out the rights of the people and the powers of the government. The UK has no single written constitution. A club or school council can also have a constitution. «A strong constitution» means someone who does not get ill easily.
examples
- The constitution says how the country's leaders are chosen. tree →
- Our school council wrote its own constitution. tree →
- The US Constitution begins with the words «We the People». tree →
- The United Kingdom has no single written constitution. tree →
- Grandpa has a strong constitution and rarely gets ill. tree →
- Changes to the constitution need a vote. tree →
note
Countable. Often written with a capital C for a particular country's one: the Constitution. Related: constitutional. Do not confuse with «institution» (an organisation).
In the corpora
- Some say the Haudenosaunee inspired the US Constitution; historians debate this.
- The Constitution is a country's top set of rules; the US Supreme Court decides whether laws and government actions fit it.
- The Second Amendment of the US Constitution protects a right to keep and bear arms, and Americans argue about what that allows.
- The Ukrainian constitution describes the flag as two equal stripes, blue above and yellow below.
- The most basic rules of how a country is run are written in its constitution.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «constitution» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.