English Explanatory Dictionary

constitutive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something.
  2. Having the power or authority to appoint someone to office.
  3. Extremely important; essential.
  4. Forming a constituent part of something else.
  5. Of an enzyme: continuously produced at a constant rate.

Pronunciation

/kənˈstɪt͡ʃuˌtɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-constitutive.wav

Word forms

constitutive more constitutive most constitutive

Etymology

From constitute + -ive.

Related words

constituency constituent constitution constitutional

Derived words

constitutive ablation constitutively constitutiveness
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