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say it: kahn-stuh-TOO-shuhn
constitution is a noun meaning "law determining the fundamental political principles of a government". It carries 5 recorded senses.
law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
law
the act of forming or establishing something
“the constitution of a PTA group last year”
“it was the establishment of his reputation”
“he still remembers the organization of the club”
the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
law
the way in which someone or something is composed
a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for constitution come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.