constitute
verb (used with object)
to compose; form.
constituted
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past participleof constitute.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof constitute.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
constituteverb (used with object)to compose; form.
Example Sentences
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The tech companies say their actions constituted fair use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
When the Rams won Super Bowl LVI, inside their home stadium in Inglewood, Calif., it constituted absolute vindication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A Greenlandic commission is to present a highly anticipated report Friday to determine whether Denmark's forced contraception of thousands of the Arctic island's indigenous Inuit constituted a "genocide".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The union argued in the lawsuit that it constituted “a transfer of wealth from the workers to their employers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
This sud- den revolution in connectivity constituted a major flattening force.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
