Meaning of constitution | Babel Free

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1. The supreme law of some countries, such as Australia, Ireland, and the United States.
2. The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
3. to form; to make up; to be. Nuclear waste constitutes a serious danger. vorm, uitmaak, saamstel; geld as يُكَوِّن، يُشَكِّل представлявам constituir představovat; tvořit; ustavit bilden udgøre αποτελώconstituir moodustama, kujutama بوجود آوردن؛ بودن muodostaa constituer לְכוֹנֵן बनाना, स्थापित करना imenovati, postaviti za képez merupakan gera, mynda costituire 構成する 구성하다 sudaryti, kelti, būti izveidot; radīt; sastādīt mengakibatkan vormensette sammen, utgjøre, betegnestanowić مقررول (په وظيفه)...
4. The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
5. legal according to a given constitution. The proposed change would not be constitutional. grondwetlik, konstitusioneel دُستوري، مُتَعَلِّق بِتَركيب الجِسم конституционен constitucional ústavní verfassungsgemäß konstitutionel; grundlovs- συνταγματικόςconstitucional põhiseaduslik وابسته به قانون اساسی perustuslaillinen constitutionnel חוּקָתִי संवैधानिक konstitucionalan alkotmányos konstitusional samkvæmur stjórnarskrá costituzionale 合憲の 헌법의 konstitucinis konstitucionāls perlembagaan constituti...
6. A legal document describing such a formal system.
7. A document issued by a religious authority serving to promulgate some particular church laws or doctrines.
8. grondwetlik, konstitusioneel دُسْتورياً конституционно constitucionalmente ústavně verfassungsgemäß konstitutionelt συνταγματικάconstitucionalmente põhiseaduslikult از نظر قانون اساسی perustuslaillisesti constitutionnellement מִבְּחִינָה חוּקָתִית संवैधानिक रूप से konstitucionalan alkotmányosan; alkatánál fogva secara konstitusional stjórnlagalega costituzionalmente 憲法上 입헌적으로 pagal konstituciją konstitucionāli berperlembagaan constitutioneelkonstitusjonelt konstytucyjnie د اساسی قانون له نظړه...
9. A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness.
10. constitución, fortaleza.
11. The general health of a person.
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12. The act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing.
13. The composition or structure of something; makeup.
14. The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution.
15. the act of constituting or state of being constituted
16. the way in which a thing is composed; physical make-up; structure
17. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the fundamental political principles on which a state is governed, esp when considered as embodying the rights of the subjects of that state

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Examples

“the physical constitution of the sun”

“1693, Edmund Bohun, A Geographical Dictionary They have in their present Constitution a Grand Council of the Nobility, a Senato, a College of Twenty six who give Audience to Ambassadors and report their Demands to the Senate, a Council of Ten; and a Triumvirate (monthly chosen by, and out of, the Ten) of three Inquisitors of State; whose Authority is so absolute, as to extend to the taking away of the Life of the Doge no less than the meanest Artisan, without acquainting the Senate, provided they all three agree in the Sentence.”

“Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions.”

“After all, that would be akin to a self-coup. Apart from the traditional vision of a coup requiring a military takeover of the government, self-coups occur when governments depart from typical norms of democracy by altering election laws, calling into question election results or seeking to suspend their constitutions in order to stay in power.”

“He has a strong constitution, so he should make a quick recovery from the illness.”

“Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world.”

“He defended himself with [...] less passion than was expected from his constitution.”

“But when once his constitution began to decline, he broke very fast, and being attacked bya complication of diseases, he at length gave way to fate, May 10, 1733.”

“Don Manuel de Casafonda the governor, whose countenance bespoke a constitution far gone in a decliner had thrown himself on a sopha in the last state of despair and given way to an effusion of tears:”

“The physician, to gratify the apothecary, thinks himself obliged to order ten times more physic than the patient really wants, by which means he ruins his constitution, and too often his life; otherwise how is it possible an apothecarty's bill in a fever should amount to forty, or fifty, or more pounds?”

“In early life his health was infirm, and his education much interrupted in consequence; but by diligent study, as his constitution improved, he made up his lost ground, and became one of the most accomplished classical and general scholars of his time.”

“The Constitution is anchored in English liberal thought and the Magna Carta.”

“The US Constitution was written in 1787.”

“As the search continued, I developed five criteria for the selection process. The next Chief Justice must have a top-flight legal mind; he must be young enough to serve at least ten years; he should, if possible, have experience both as a practicing lawyer and as an appeals court judge; he must generally share my view that the Court should interpret the Constitution rather than amend it by judicial fiat; and he must have a special quality of leadership that would enable him to resolve differences among his colleagues so that, as often as possible, the Court would speak decisively on major cases with one voice or at least with a strong voice for the majority opinion.”

“The Constitution is very clear. My job was oversee the session of Congress where objections could be heard. And I made sure that objections would be recognized, so we would hear whatever evidence and other debate there was. But the Constitution says you open and count the votes, no more no less. The Constitution affords no authority to the Vice President or anyone else to reject votes or return votes to the states.”

“Please kindly bring your hardcopy of the Constitution to every class.”

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