constituent
1. an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up;
especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system (Freq. 7)
- spare components for cars
- a component or constituent element of a system
• Syn:
component, element
• Derivationally related forms:
elementary (for: element), constitute
• Hypernyms:
part, portion
• Hyponyms:
accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on, addition,
improver, audio, auto part, car part, crystal, hardware,
computer hardware, heating element, ingredient, input, landside, making,
module, pixel, pel, picture element, retrofit, spare part,
spare, spark gap
2. a member of a constituency;
a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes (Freq. 2)
- needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected
• Hypernyms:
voter, elector
• Member Holonyms:
constituency
3. something determined in relation to something that includes it
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
• Syn:
part, portion, component part, component
• Derivationally related forms:
partial (for: part)
• Hypernyms:
relation
• Hyponyms:
substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point,
butt, basis, base, detail, particular, unit,
member, remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum,
rest, subpart
• Part Holonyms:
meronymy, part to whole relation
4. (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
• Syn:
grammatical constituent
• Topics:
grammar
• Hypernyms:
syntagma, syntagm
• Hyponyms:
subject, object, ablative absolute, immediate constituent, construction,
grammatical construction, expression, misconstruction, term
• Part Holonyms:
sentence
5. an abstract part of something
- jealousy was a component of his character
- two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
- the grammatical elements of a sentence
- a key factor in her success
- humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
• Syn:
component, element, factor, ingredient
• Derivationally related forms:
factorize (for: factor), compose (for: component)
• Hypernyms:
part, section, division
• Hyponyms:
be-all and end-all, be all and end all, plot element, point
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
• Syn:
constitutional, constitutive, organic
• Similar to:
essential
• Derivationally related forms:
constitute
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