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Constitutive

Definition: Constitutive

Constitutive

Adjective

1. Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "constitutive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)


Synonyms: Constitutive

Synonyms: constituent(a) (adj), constitutional (adj), constitutive(a) (adj), organic (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Constitutive

English words defined with "constitutive": ConstitutivelyHypostatical. (references)
Specialty definitions using "constitutive": Chaperoninsflow lawGenes, junProto-Oncogene Protein c-kit, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-junreflected setting. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Constitutive

DomainTitle

Books

  • Constitutive Equations of Nonlinear Electromagnetic Elastic Crystals (reference)

  • Constitutive Modelling of Geomaterials (reference)

  • Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination (reference)

  • Ethics in International Relations : A Constitutive Theory (reference)

  • Explorations in Law and Society: Toward a Constitutive Theory of Law (After the Law) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Constitutive

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Morocco

However, it held its constitutive assembly on November 10. More than 2,500 founding members attended, electing a national council, as well as electing Lahjouji as temporary chairman. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Constitutive

"Constitutive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Constitutive" is used about 129 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%12928,132

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Constitutive

Expression using "constitutive": constitutive equation. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "constitutive": knowledge-constitutive, non-constitutive.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Constitutive

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

constitutive equation

4

constitutive definition

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Constitutive

Language Translations for "constitutive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

themelor (basal, basic, Cardinal, essential, fundamental, main, primal, primary, prime, principal, radical, seminal, ultimate, underlying), bazor (basal). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قوامي, ‏تأسيسي (constituent). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съставен (built up, complex, component, composite, compositive, constituent, elemental, integrate), учредителен, в структурата (textural). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

"构性. (various references)

   

Czech

  

konstitutivní. (various references)

   

Danish

  

konstitutiv. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

constitutieve expressie, constitutief. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ترکیب کننده (Component), تشکیل دهنده (Former, Fundametal), ساختمانی (Physiological, Structural). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

konstitutiivisuus, konstitutiivinen. (various references)

   

French

  

constitutif (constituent). (various references)

   

German

  

Konstitutivität, konstitutiv. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συστατικός (component, constituent), ιδιότητα ιδιοσυστασίας, ιδιοσυστασιακός, ιδιοσυστατικότητα, ιδιοσυστατικός (constitutional). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

alkotó (artificer, begetter, builder, coiner, component, composer, constituent, creative, creator, generative, generator, generatrix, maker, originator, procreative). (various references)

   

Italian

  

costitutivo, costitutivit , gene costitutivo, formativo (formative). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

구성하" (Composed, made-up). (various references)

   

Manx

  

co-yantyssagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onstitutivecay

   

Portuguese

  

constitutivo, legislativo (law-making, legislative), formativo (formative). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

constitutiv (composing, constituent), component (component, composing, compound, constituent, elemental, integrant, integrate), esenţial (capital, constituent, elemental, essential, fundamental, indispensable, main, meat, prime, principal, vital), alcãtuitor (component). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

существенный (essential, intrinsic, material, mattery, substantial, very basic, vital), устанавливающий, составной (built up, complex, component, composite, compound, constituent, link, made, made up, multiple, sectional). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ustavan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

constitutivo (constituent). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

konstitutiv, grundläggande (basic, elemental, essential, fundamental, primal, ultimate, underlying). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yapıcı (constructive, monger), temel (abecederian, back drop, backbone, basal, base, basic, basis, bed, bottom, bread and butter, corner stone, elemental, elementary, footing, fortification, foundation, fundament, fundamental, grass roots, ground, ground form, groundwork, guiding, hard pan, keystone, parent, pedestal, primary, principal, root, rudimental, rudimentary, socle, staple, substratum, substructure, underlying, working), oluşturan (constituent, creative), kurucu (builder, constituent, creator, erector, father, floater, founder, foundress, framer, incorporator, promoter), esas (authentic, basal, base, basic, basis, beginnings, broad, central, corner stone, element, elemental, essence, extract, footing, fortification, foundation, fundamental, guiding, heartbeat, intrinsic, main, master, nub, parent, pith, pith and marrow, pivotal, postulate, principal, principle, quiddity, radical, staple, substance, sum, the merits, the nub, ultimate, underlying). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

істотний (appreciable, essential, integrant, significant, substantial, substantive), установчий (consistent, constituent, institutive), конструктивний (architectonic, constructive). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cấu th nh (component), th nh lập tổ chức cơ bản chủ yếu, lập th nh. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Constitutive

Derivations

Words beginning with "constitutive": constitutively. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Constitutive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consitutive, constituative, constituitive, constituitve, constitututed, contestative. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Constitutive"

Words rhyming with "constitutive" (pronounced 'Con"sti*tu`tive'): Administrative, Frigefactive, Manumotive, Procreative, Resolutive, Substitutive. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Constitutive

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-s-t-t-t-u-v"

-2 letters: constitute.

-3 letters: evictions, institute.

-4 letters: counties, cutinise, eviction, invoices, nittiest, nuttiest, osteitic, stenotic, stiction, tonetics, tuitions, unvoices, viscount.

-5 letters: contest, contuse, costive, cuisine, cutties, envious, eosinic, incites, inosite, intuits, invites, invoice, niveous, notices, novices, outvies, scottie, section, stouten, suction, tenutos, tiniest, titties, tonetic, toniest, tuition, tutties, unities, unitive, unvoice, uveitic, uveitis, vicious, viniest.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-s-t-t-t-u-v"
 

+2 letters: constitutively.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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