CONSTITUTES Synonyms: 154 Similar and Opposite Words

constitutes

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present tense third-person singular of constitute

as in comprises

to be all the substance of nine players constitute a baseball team

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as in establishes

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of a fund was constituted to help needy students attend the prep school

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as in appoints

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty the legally constituted authorities with jurisdiction in this matter

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as in enacts

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action charged with enforcing such regulations as are constituted by the government

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Recent Examples of constitutes This finding constitutes the foundation for the pilot program’s basic income payment amount. —

Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 On top of misquoting statutes and misrepresenting legal standards, the filing also made broad claims about what constitutes doxing without citing a single case to support their stance. —

Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026 But there’s lots of debate to what constitutes a blue zone, and that fuzziness and the connection with the business of the Blue Zones LLC and the company owner Adventist Health, which of course is [in] Loma Linda. —

Torie Bosch, STAT, 16 May 2026 Most recently, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has suggested that surrogacy is human trafficking and constitutes modern-day slavery. —

Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026 Florida law constitutes tracking another person’s movement or location using a device without their consent as a third-degree felony. —

Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 At a recent town hall, that concern was raised directly, The Phoenix reported, with some alumni and community members questioning whether removing Trotter’s name constitutes revisionism. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2026 And beyond that, how do football’s lawmakers go about defining what constitutes a foul at a set piece? —

Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Except where prohibited, acceptance of Prize constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and Prize Provider’s use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown, and state for promotional purposes in any media without further payment of consideration. —

AJC.com, 10 May 2026

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Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
As inference increasingly comprises a larger portion of total AI compute spending, the pressure on Nvidia’s pricing power in that sector will intensify.

— Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026