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# constituted

verb (past form of constitute: constitute, constitutes, constituted, constituting)

«constituted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Constituted means made up, formed: «The class is constituted of 30 pupils.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#m1)
2. (formal) Constituted means counted as: «This constituted a record.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#m2)
3. To be constituted means to be set up officially, like a committee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in the stiff exam voice and formal texts. In maths it can tell what parts make up a total: «Girls constituted half of the class.» Phrases: «constituted of», «duly constituted».

### Examples

- Girls constituted half of the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#x1)
- Water constituted most of the mixture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#x2)
- The council was constituted last spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#x3)
- Their act constituted a breach of the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#x4)
- 12 of the 48 marbles were red; what fraction did red marbles constitute? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#x5)
- The committee is constituted of five members. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#x6)
- In fact, the hearth was held so sacred that it constituted the sanctum of the family, for which reason it was always erected in the centre of every house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/#x7)

### Note

Formal; in everyday speech say «made up» or «was». Noun: constitution. Maths: «X constitutes 1/4 of the total» means X = total ÷ 4.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «constituted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constituted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«constituted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/constituted.html) on Mova free.