Meaning & use
constituents
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The people who live and vote in a district represented by an elected official, or the parts that make up a whole.
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The senator held a town hall to hear directly from her constituents.
Water is made up of two constituents: hydrogen and oxygen.
A note on using this word
Has two distinct common uses: in politics it means the voters in a district, while in science or general usage it means the component parts of something.
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voterscomponents
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