constituent part

collocation in English

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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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part
noun
uk
/pɑːt/
us
/pɑːrt/
some but not all of ...
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(Definition ofconstituentandpartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The neighbourhood groups were aconstituentpartof the larger local community inhabiting the settlement.
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The playtext is aconstituentpartof the performance text.
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The competition brief was taken as an invitation to research the domestic building as the smallestconstituentpartof the city.
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Our reaction to something is aconstituentpartof our recognition that it is valuable.
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The principle states that the descriptions of the behavior of anyconstituentpartof a system should not refer to how the overall system functions.
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Aconstituentpartof beghismo was the production by one faction of dossiers of accusations of wrongdoing on the part of the opposing group.
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These 'granules' are a necessaryconstituentpartof this protective cyst wall.
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Each issue of the magazine was accompanied with aconstituentpartof a model dinosaur.
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That element is aconstituentpartof the cost and would therefore reflect itself in fares.
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The fact that a union is aconstituentpartof a federation of unions is to that extent irrelevant.
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Secondly, there are offences which, at present, do not rely on a death as being aconstituentpartof that offence.
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Disarmament must be aconstituentpartof our opening moves in the negotiations.
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That is the view of one of the organisations of which we are aconstituentpart.
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This agreement must contain a section on human rights which is also aconstituentpartof all agreements and treaties.
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They will then become aconstituentpartof both the directives that are now in the process of being adopted.
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They could not be aconstituentpartof the petrol, but would have to be put in deliberately.
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He therefore knows perfectly well that it is aconstituentpartof the charge.
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Aconstituentpartof the agenda will be safety.
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The conduct of student unions is regulated by the constitution of each union as aconstituentpartof its parent institution.
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