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Definition: Constituency |
ConstituencyNoun1. The body of voters who elect a representative for their area. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "constituency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | Recognised group of states which associate in order to establish a common policy and to have voting right. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the United Kingdom a constituency is sometimes called a Parliamentary seat.
A marginal constituency is one where the margin between the expected voting for the major parties in an election is slim. In United Kingdom general elections, the voting in a relatively small number of marginal constituencies usually determines the outcome of the entire election.
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001 includes the constituencies as they stood at the last general election.
In the United States, constituencies are known as Districts.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Constituency."
Crosswords: Constituency |
| English words defined with "constituency": borough ♦ Constituencies, constituent ♦ rotten borough. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Specifically, there is information on clinical trials, product approvals, meetings, and other matters of interest to this constituency. (references) | |
At the completion of the program, each visiting advocate will write a "reaction paper" about the program, and will, we hope, through speeches, workshops and articles, educate their cancer constituency about the experience. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | Religious figures, who are not members of the CCP, are included in national and local government organizations, usually to represent their constituency on cultural and educational matters. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Members of unregistered political parties can run for president but must be sponsored by a registered party or an independent "voters initiative group." Members of unregistered parties may run for Parliament, but only as independents in a direct constituency, not on a party list. (references) | |
Economic History | Serbia and Montenegro | Of the 30 Macedonian seats, six are elected by constituency and 24 are elected proportionally. (references) |
Human Rights | Uganda | On June 26, police in Mbale arrested Hoima Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Simon Mulongo, after his bodyguard killed an opponent in Buwabwala sub-county, Bubulo East Constituency. (references) |
Gambia | For example, on March 31, police arrested seven UDP supporters from Badibu Salikeni, North Bank Division (NDB), and detained them at the Farafine Police Station for 3 days following a by-election victory of the UDP candidate in the Badibu constituency. (references) | |
Bangladesh | In one Dhaka constituency, Awami League M.P. Haji Selim has set up his own "alternate judicial system." Selim issues notices and brings alleged criminals to his home, where he has established his own "court" and appointed five "judges." If the accused does not surrender, Selim's men seal his house, often with family members inside. (references) | |
Political Economy | Austria | The OVP's traditional constituency has been among farmers, large and small businesses, and lay Catholic groups. (references) |
Germany | Members are elected through a mixture of a direct vote for constituency candidates and a second vote for party lists. (references) | |
Ukraine | Currently, half of the Rada's seats are elected in single-mandate districts and represent a territorial constituency. (references) | |
Political Rights | Bhutan | Each National Assembly constituency consists of a number of villages. (references) |
Zimbabwe | The ZANU-Ndonga opposition party initiated a case challenging the results in one constituency. (references) | |
Singapore | The electoral map was altered dramatically, with some constituencies abolished and many other constituency borders moved. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | You could even say that the Democrats' key constituency pays less than eight percent of the total tax bill, and yet they're being told that without them things wouldn't be possible. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | The old way divided us by interest, constituency or class. |
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| "Constituency" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.46% of the time. "Constituency" is used about 1,848 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.46% | 1,838 | 4,625 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.54% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,848 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "constituency": canvass one's constituency ♦ nurse a constituency. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "constituency": constituency-by-constituency, constituency-level. | |
Ending with "constituency": constituency-by-constituency, euro-constituency, non-constituency, super-constituency. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
constituency | 12 |
africa constituency | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "constituency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zonë elektorale (precinct, ward), zgjedhës të një zone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جمهور من الأنصار, جمهور الناخبين (country, electorate), دائرة إنتخابية (district, precinct, riding, ward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | клиенти, поддръжници, избирателна колегия (electorate, seat), избирателен район (district, electorate, precinct, seat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 顾客 (Clientele, Constituencies, Customer, shopper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | volièstvo (electorate), volební obvod. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | valgkreds, opstillingskreds (nominating district). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kieskring, kiesgroep (electoral group), kiesdistrict, kiesdistricht, kiesarrondissement, het kiesarrondissement, de kieskring (nominating district). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هیلت موسسان , حوزه انتخاباتی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vaalipiiri (electoral district). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | circonscription électorale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wahlkreis, Wahlbezirk (ward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκλογική περιφέρεια. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אזור "בחירות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | választókerület (beat, borough, election district, electorate, franchise, precinct, ward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jumlah pemilih. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | collegio elettorale (borough), circoscrizione elettorale, circoscrizione (circuit, circumscription, district, precinct), circondario (district, neighbourhood, quarter), sostenitori, arrondissement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 票" , 有権者 (electorate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひょうで" (a critical biography, field of eternal snow), ゆうけ"しゃ (electorate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rheynn reihys lught teiy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | valgkrets. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onstituencycay círculo eleitoral (beat, borough). (various references) corp electoral (constituent body, electorate), clientelã (clientele, connection, custom, goodwill, patients, patronage), circumscripţie electoralã (electorate), votanţi, alegãtori. (various references) избирательный округ (electorate, precinct), избиратели (body of electors, elective body). (various references) izborna jedinica, birači izborne jedinice. (various references) distrito electoral (administrative division, precinct, ward). (various references) valkrets (division). (various references) seçmenler (constituent body, electorate), seçim bölgesi halkı, seçim bölgesi (polling district, precinct), müşteriler (clientele), aboneler. (various references) виборчий округ (electorate, ward), виборці (electorate). (various references) các cử tri. (various references) etholaeth. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Constituency" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consitituency, consituency, constinuency, constituancy, constituence, constituens, constitueny, constitutency. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "constituency" (pronounced kunsti"khuwunsē) |
| 4 | -u n s ē | absorbency, accountancy, agency, ascendancy, ascendency, buoyancy, clemency, cogency, competency, complacency, Conservancy, consistency, constancy, consultancy, contingency, counterinsurgency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, discrepancy, dormancy, efficiency, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, immunodeficiency, incompetency, inconsistency, inconstancy, incumbency, indecency, inefficiency, infancy, infrequency, insolvency, insurgency, interagency, irrelevancy, latency, leniency, malignancy, militancy, nonemergency, occupancy, poignancy, potency, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, redundancy, regency, relevancy, residency, resiliency, solvency, stridency, stringency, sufficiency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, truancy, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy, vibrancy. |
| 3 | -n s ē | bouncy, chancy, deviancy, fancy, fiancee, mincy, Nancy, necromancy, teensy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-n-n-o-s-t-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: continues, tectonics. | |
-4 letters: conceits, concents, connects, contents, continue, counties, cytosine, stenotic, synectic, syntonic, tectonic, tinstone, tonetics, tontines, unctions. | |
-5 letters: conceit, concent, concise, conines, connect, consent, content, contest, contuse, cutties, cystein, cystine, intents, intones, neuston, nonsuit, notices, nuncios, scottie, section, society, stouten, suction, tennist, tension, tensity, tenuity, tenutos, tictocs, tonetic, toniest, tontine, tunnies, unction. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-n-n-o-s-t-t-u-y" | |
+3 letters: nucleosynthetic. | |
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