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con·stitu·ent adjective

BrE /kənˈstɪtjuənt/ ; NAmE /kənˈstʃuənt/

[only before noun] (formal) forming or helping to make a whole

to break something up into its constituent parts/elements

the country’s constituent republics


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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition © Oxford University Press, 2015

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