Meaning & use

constitute

verb·Academic

To be a component part of something, or together to form the whole of it.

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Women constitute more than half of the university's current graduating class.

These five articles constitute the entire agreement between the two companies.

A note on using this word

Constitute is formal and takes a plain object, unlike 'consist,' which requires the preposition 'of.'

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