constitute
Compose or establish
Constitute means to make up or form the basis of something: Women constitute half the workforce.
It also means to establish or set up formally: The treaty constituted a new governing body.
What constitutes something is what makes it that thing: What constitutes a good marriage?
The word often appears in legal or formal contexts where composition or establishment matters.
Include as parts
- make upFacial beauty products
- account forOffer justification for
- equalIdentical in amount
- totalComplete sum
number · aggregate · sum · tally · embody · personify · exemplify · typify
Shape or document
- createCause to exist
- foundDiscovered or established
- set upPrepare or establish
- inaugurateBegin officially, with ceremony
initiate · organize · launch · charter · incorporate · assemble · convene · appoint
comprise
Include as parts
- make upFacial beauty products
- account forOffer justification for
- equalIdentical in amount
total · number · aggregate · sum · tally · embody · personify · exemplify · typify · manifest
form
Shape or document
inaugurate · initiate · organize · launch · charter · incorporate · assemble · convene · appoint · commission
form
Shape or document
heart · basis · foundation · bedrock · substance · nature · character · identity · fundamental · intrinsic
component
Element of a system
- elementBasic substance or factor
- partPiece of whole
- ingredientElement in a mixture
member · piece · segment · portion · fraction · unit · module · section · building block · facet
- constitutional rightsLegally protected individual freedoms
- U.S. ConstitutionSupreme law of America
- constitutional changesModifications to founding law
- constitutional amendmentsFormal changes to governing document
- US ConstitutionAmerica's supreme legal framework
- United States ConstitutionAmerica's foundational legal framework
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