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constituent
A	noun
	1	component, constituent, element
				an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚part; portion ╚component, constituent, element ╚pixel; pel; picture element ╚module ╚makings ╚landside ╚ingredient ╚heating element ╚hardware; computer hardware ╚crystal ╚auto part; car part ╚audio ╚addition; add-on; improver ╚accessory; appurtenance; supplement; add-on
	2	component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
				an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a s
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚part; section; division ╚component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient ╚be-all and end-all; be all and end all ╚point
	3	constituent, grammatical constituent
				(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚arrangement ╚ordering; order; ordination ╚series ╚sequence ╚string ╚string of words; word string; linguistic string ╚syntagma; syntagm ╚constituent, grammatical constituent ╚term ╚misconstruction ╚construction; grammatical construction; expression ╚immediate constituent ╚ablative absolute ╚object ╚subject
	4	constituent
				a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚national; subject ╚citizen ╚voter; elector ╚constituent
B	adjective
	1	constituent(a), constitutional, constitutive(a), organic
				constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

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