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# constitute

«constitute» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make up or form something; to be the parts of a whole** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (constitute, constitutes, constituted, constituting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To make up or form something; to be the parts of a whole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#m1)

2) (formal) To be or count as something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#m2)

3) (formal) To set up an official group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Formal exam word: "girls constitute half the class" means girls make up half. In rules: "this constitutes cheating" means this counts as cheating. Phrases: constitute a danger, constitute a part.

### examples

- Twelve months constitute a year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#x1)
- Girls constitute half the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#x2)
- Copying answers constitutes cheating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#x3)
- Broken glass on the path constitutes a danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#x4)
- Water constitutes most of a cucumber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#x5)
- The committee was constituted last month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#x6)
- For the moment, however, it constitutes their chief danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitute/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Nouns: constitution (the rules of a country, or your body's health), constituent (a part). In maths, "constitute half" means a fraction of the total: find half the total.

### Trees and pragmatics

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