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constituency
/kənˈstɪtʃuənsi/
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kun-STICH-oo-un-see: the t contributes a ch sound.
The strongest syllable is STICH. Let the following oo move into a light un, then finish with an unstressed see.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She returned to her constituency for a public meeting.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does constituency mean?
noun
- A district represented by one or more elected officials.
- The voters within an electoral district.
- The residents of an electoral district.
More meanings (2)
noun
- The voters of a candidate.
- An interest group or fan base.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈstɪtʃuənsi/
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See this word in context.
On the polling day I spent the whole day in going round the constituency and was consequently away from home.
'The Unionist candidate for this constituency exists' means 'some one is a Unionist candidate for this constituency, and no one else is'.
More book examples (3)
The constituency of the leisure class is kept up by a continual selective process, whereby the individuals and lines of descent that are eminently fitted for an aggressive pecuniary competition are withdrawn from the lower classes.
Will became an ardent public man, working well in those times when reforms were begun with a young hopefulness of immediate good which has been much checked in our days, and getting at last returned to Parliament by a constituency who paid his expenses.
The left half of the scrotum was empty, and at the root of the penis there was a swelling the size of a walnut, covered with normal skin, and containing an oval body about four-fifths the size of the testicle, but softer in constituency.