constituent assembly

collocation in English

meaningsofconstituentandassembly

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constituent
adjective[before noun]
uk
/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ənt/us
/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ənt/
relating to one of the parts that a substance or combination is ...
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assembly
noun
uk
/əˈsem.bli/us
/əˈsem.bli/
a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of ...
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(Definition ofconstituentandassemblyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstituent assembly

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Operating under the rules of the military's own constitution, the legislature converted itself into aconstituentassemblyand drafted a new constitution.
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Primary education's share of total federal government spending on education reached its apex just before the 1986 elections for theconstituentassembly.
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Nor was the idea of a nationalconstituentassemblyunique to the students.
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This is best achieved through approval both by a popularly electedconstituentassemblyand in a national referendum.
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Despite the relatively high party discipline in congress, the cross-party organising seen in theconstituentassemblyhas also been replicated by some women deputies.
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The 1917constituentassemblydiscussed role of the judiciary at length.
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The students proposed a specially elected ' nationalconstituentassembly' whose sole purpose would be to reform the constitution.
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The objective of this ' unity party ' would be to bring together all progressive forces into one bloc to fight for a genuinely popular and democraticconstituentassembly.
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These examples show that the actions of the women members of theconstituentassemblywere rendered more effective by the cross party alliances that they made.
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For them, the election of members to a parliament orconstituentassemblyis viewed as a necessary - although not sufficient - condition for a properly democratic society.
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The latter represented a rare occasion for ' pure ' political voting (designation of candidates to theconstituentassembly) in which the issue of economic stability was not at stake.
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In both countries a little later, there was an election for aconstituentassembly.
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What aconstituentassemblycan do and does is to consider rival drafts, listen shrewdly to the expounders of each and weigh and modify.
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The result of the election has been that aconstituentassemblyhas been established, and that must be a setback for the guerrillas.
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We should not be politically forced to be aconstituentassemblyto compensate for the irresponsibility of the governments.
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Aconstituentassemblywould have been more appropriate.
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If you really do mean to settle this question can we not ask the whole people themselves of the country to form aconstituentassembly?
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In any future arrangements for aconstituentassembly, more definite procedures for by-elections should be included.
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Obviously, the subsequent election system operated will be a matter for theconstituentassemblythat draws up the new constitution.
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In reality noconstituentassemblyever writes a constitution.
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