constitutes
USKON-sti-toots/ˈkɑnstɪtuts/UKKON-sti-tyoots/ˈkɒnstɪtjuːts/
- 1Third-person singular present tense of constitute.
Carbon constitutes the chemical basis of all known life.
Failure to appear in court constitutes contempt.
Note
The -s form a singular subject takes: carbon constitutes, failure constitutes. The verb is transitive in all its senses, so it always needs an object: what is set up or enacted, what is formed, or who is appointed. In the "make up" sense the parts come first and the whole follows. The members constitute the committee, not the reverse.
constitutes is a form of constitute
constitute, verb: To make up or form a whole when taken together. Full entry
- Forms
- constituteconstitutes he/she/itconstituting -ing formconstituted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- constitute → constitutes: add -s
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