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constituent   (TTS Sound)

The noun constituent has 5 senses

• component, constituent, element -- (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; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system")


• constituent -- (a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected")


• part, portion, component part, component, constituent -- (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")


• constituent, grammatical constituent -- ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction)


• component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient -- (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")

The adj constituent has 1 sense

• constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic -- (constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup))