constitutes
Forms the whole
Constitutes means makes up or forms: Women constitute forty percent of the workforce.
It also means establishes or amounts to: This constitutes a breach of contract, Failure to respond constitutes acceptance.
The word carries formal weight, often appearing in legal or official contexts where something is being defined or determined: What constitutes harassment?
Varieties or documents
- createsBrings into being
- foundsCreates and establishes
- institutesEstablishes or organizations
- sets upPrepares or establishes
inaugurates · initiates · organizes · enacts · authorizes · legitimizes · ratifies · sanctions
Constituent parts
- elementsFundamental parts or substances
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- membersPeople in an organization
- ingredientsParts of a mixture
portions · segments · units · pieces · factors · aspects · features · attributes
Matches in value
- signifiesExpresses or represents meaning
- embodiesManifests in form
- exemplifiesRepresents through example
- symbolizesStands for abstractly
denotes · means · implies · indicates · equates · corresponds · tantamount · equivalent
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- enactmentPassing into law
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
bylaw · decree · mandate · provision · regulation · charter · ratification · authorization
forms
Varieties or documents
- createsBrings into being
- foundsCreates and establishes
- institutesEstablishes or organizations
sets up · inaugurates · initiates · organizes · enacts · authorizes · legitimizes · ratifies · sanctions · validates
components
Constituent parts
- elementsFundamental parts or substances
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- membersPeople in an organization
ingredients · portions · segments · units · pieces · factors · aspects · features · attributes · contents
equals
Matches in value
- signifiesExpresses or represents meaning
- embodiesManifests in form
- exemplifiesRepresents through example
symbolizes · denotes · means · implies · indicates · equates · corresponds · tantamount · equivalent · defines
statute
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- enactmentPassing into law
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
ordinance · bylaw · decree · mandate · provision · regulation · charter · ratification · authorization · quorum
constitutesdissolves
Disperses into solution
disbands · abolishes · dismantles · terminates · destroys
constitutesdenies
Declares something untrue
negates · refutes · contradicts · refuses · rejects
constitutesdisassembles
Takes something apart
fragments · breaks apart · decomposes · scatters · disperses
- 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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