verb · academic
constitute
UK/ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/US/ˈkɑːnstɪtuːt/CON·sti·tute
Band 6-7task2task1speaking
to be the parts or elements that together form something
Examples
“Women constitute more than half of the student body in that college.”
“These five studies constitute the basis for our conclusion.”
“Ten people constitute a quorum for the committee.”
Band 8 sentence
“The ten case studies together constitute a robust empirical foundation for the authors' theoretical claims.”
Collocations
- constitute the majority
- constitute a basis / constitute the basis for
Word family
constitute verbconstitution noun
Common mistakes
constitute of→constitute
is constituting→constitute
Say it for a higher band
5make up→6form→7+constitute
Synonyms
make up
Easily confused
make up
“Women make up the majority of the committee.”
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