🇬🇧 en nl 🇳🇱

constitution noun

  /-ˈtʃuː-/ , /ˌkɑnstɪˈtuʃ(ə)n/ , /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n/
  • (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
  • (law) A legal document describing such a formal system.
 grondwet, constitutie
  • The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
  • (dated) The general health of a person.
 grondwet

constitute verb

  /ˈkɑnstɪt(j)uːt/ , /ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/
  • (transitive) To make up; to compose; to form.
 vormen
  • (transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
 afvaardigen
  • (transitive) To set up; to establish; to enact.
 beginnen

constitutional adjective

  /-stə-/ , /ˌkɑnstɪˈt(j)uʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ , /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n(ə)l/
  • In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution.
  • Relating to a legal or political constitution.
 constitutioneel, grondwettelijk

constitute

constitueren

constitutive adjective

  /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuˌtɪv/
  • extremely important, essential
  • that forms a constituent part of something else
 constituerend
Wiktionary Links