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# constitutional

adjective (constitutional); adverb constitutionally; noun (a constitutional — old-fashioned, a walk for your health)

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

## Everyday

1. To do with a country's constitution, the main set of laws that says how the country is governed and what rights people have. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#m1)
2. Allowed by the constitution; a law that is «constitutional» follows those rules, and an «unconstitutional» one breaks them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#m2)
3. To do with a person's body or nature, as in a «constitutional weakness». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#m3)
4. (noun, old-fashioned) A walk taken for your health, as in «a morning constitutional». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#m4)

### In the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons: the USA has a written Constitution; the UK has a «constitutional monarchy», where the king or queen reigns but Parliament makes the laws. Australia and Canada are also constitutional monarchies. In the news: «a constitutional crisis», «a constitutional right», «constitutional court».

### Examples

- The UK is a constitutional monarchy, so the king does not make the laws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#x1)
- Free speech is a constitutional right in the United States. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#x2)
- The judges decided the new law was not constitutional. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#x3)
- Changing the constitution needs a constitutional amendment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#x4)
- Grandpa takes his morning constitutional around the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#x5)
- The class learned about constitutional government in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#x6)
- Some people say the vote was unconstitutional. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constitutional/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: «unconstitutional». The word comes from «constitution», which also means a person's general health («a strong constitution»). The capital C «Constitution» usually means the US Constitution.

## On Mova

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