HOW TO PRONOUNCE
constituent
/kənˈstɪtʃuənt/
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Stress “stit” and listen for “ch” before “oo.”
Use four vowel beats and a light opening. A ch sound leads from the stressed part into oo, followed by a separate light uh before the final nt.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The letter came from a constituent.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does constituent mean?
adjective
- Being a part or component of a whole.
- Constitutive or constituting.
- Authorized to make a constitution.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A part, or component of a whole.
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
- A functional element of a phrase or clause.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈstɪtʃuənt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Yet the death of each of its constituent members is as certain as if an epidemic took them all at once.
A confederacy had been substituted in the place of a government, and State sovereignty had usurped the constituent sovereignty of the people.
More book examples (2)
I suppose this was but another constituent of that mechanical mixture of ills and anxieties and suspense that characterized my cadet life.
We must remember, moreover, that the need of division and the hatred resulting therefrom seem to be constituent elements of the Latin mind.