constituent
[noun]
Synonyms:
- voter, elector
- component, element, factor, ingredient, part, unit
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- component, basic, elemental, essential, integral

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Antonyms: aggregate, whole
Contrasted words: complex, economy, organism, system, amalgam, blend, composite, compound
Related Words: division, fraction, part, portion

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I. con‧sti‧tu‧ent¹ AC /kənˈstɪtʃuənt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: constituant, from the present participle of constituer 'to constitute', from Latin constituere; ⇒ constitute]

1. someone who votes in a particular area

2. one of the substances or things that combine to form something
constituent of
Sodium is one of the constituents of salt.

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II. constituent² AC adjective [only before noun] formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: present participle of constituere; ⇒ constitute]
being one of the parts of something:
the EU and its constituent members

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