constitute

[ˈkɑːnstɪtuːt]

Definition:
1. Form or compose.
2. Create and charge with a task or function.
3. Set up or lay the groundwork for.

Use 'constitute' in a sentence:

1. Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
2. We constituted him president of our college.
3. Both thus constitute regular expressions.
4. All the sentences that constitute the argument.
5. Which models constitute the data architecture?
6. The two parties constituted a coalition government.
7. The question is: "Do greenhouse gases constitute pollution"?
8. The committee was constituted in 1974 by an Act of Parliament.
9. Courts are constituted by law.
10. Twelve months constitute a year.
11. Gap-plugging alone does not constitute a strategy.
12. A slight error in thought may constitute a life-long regret.
13. Does it constitute a threat to the rest of the world?
14. The artifacts constitute the sources of project requirements.
15. This constitutes a direct threat to them.
16. Steam, water and ice constitute the three phases of the same matter.
17. The accused will appear before a specially constituted military tribunal.
18. Total foreign investment in America still constitutes only about 5% of U.S. assets.
19. Today's land tortoises constitute a single branch, deeply nested among branches consisting of aquatic turtles.
20. The first is the heat capacity of the materials that constitute the city, which is typically dominated by concrete and asphalt.
21. Soprano, alto, tenor and bass constitute the four vocal parts.
22. One consequence for coral reefs is that the symbiosis between the corals and algae that constitute a living reef is breaking down.
23. Every five persons constitute a group.
24. Unbelievable as it may seem, part time students constitute a considerable portion of the student body in many universities across the world.
25. These acts constitute an interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
26. Both of these lobes together constitute a pi bond.
27. The regulations are constituted by the government.
28. The company will constitute you captain of the ship.
29. The vote hardly constitutes a victory.
30. It's being overfat that constitutes a health risk.
31. So, one lunar cycle was one Egyptian month, and about four of the months would constitute a season.
32. A committee was constituted to investigate the bottom cause of the accident.
33. Women constitute nearly half the able-bodied members of the village.
34. Four quarts constitute a gallon.
35. They constitute but a handful of the number.
36. Massive rubbish dumps and sprawling landfills constitute one of the more uncomfortable impacts that humans have on wildlife.
37. This is asking for trouble in China where the definition of what constitutes a state secret is particularly strict, especially when it comes to business or economic information.
38. China's ethnic minorities constitute less than 7 percent of its total population.
39. A group of thousands of aspens can actually constitute a single organism, called a clone, that shares an interconnected root system and a unique set of genes.
40. Some researchers say the results constitute compelling evidence that telepathy is genuine.
41. People under the age of 40 constitute the majority of the labour force.
42. On 6 July a People's Revolutionary Government was constituted.
43. Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.
44. By common consent this election constituted a historic step on the road to democracy.
45. Volunteers constitute more than 95% of The Center's work force.
46. These galaxies may constitute an answer to the long-standing puzzle of the missing baryonic mass in the universe.
47. The increase in racial tension constitutes a threat to our society.
48. These small nations constitute an important grouping within the EU.
49. Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force.
50. Does such an activity constitute a criminal offence?