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# constituent

«constituent» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the parts that make up a whole: «Flour is a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a constituent, constituents); adjective (constituent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A constituent is one of the parts that make up a whole: «Flour is a constituent of bread.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#m1)

2) A constituent is a person who lives in an area and votes for a representative such as a Member of Parliament or a congressman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons a mixture's constituents are the substances in it. In citizenship lessons constituents are the voters of an area. Phrases: «constituent parts», «the constituents of».

### examples

- Oxygen is a constituent of air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#x1)
- Separate the mixture into its constituent parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#x2)
- The MP replied to letters from her constituents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#x3)
- Sand and water are the constituents of this mixture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#x4)
- Each constituent of the cake adds something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#x5)
- Ten per cent of the mixture is salt; what is the other constituent's share? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/#x6)

### note

Formal. Countable. Similar: component, part, ingredient. The area is a «constituency» (UK).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «constituent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.