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Synonyms for constitute

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Synonyms for constitute

to be the constituent parts of

to be equivalent or tantamount

to put in force or cause to be by legal authority

to bring into existence formally

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Synonyms for constitute

create and charge with a task or function

to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"

set up or lay the groundwork for

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After mentioning the duality of subject and object, which is supposed to constitute consciousness, he proceeds in italics: "EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE, HAS NO SUCH INNER DUPLICITY; AND THE SEPARATION OF IT INTO CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONTENT COMES, NOT BY WAY OF SUBTRACTION, BUT BY WAY OF ADDITION"(p.
The occurrence of the content of a thought constitutes the occurrence of the thought.
It seems to me to be derivative, and to consist largely in BELIEFS: beliefs that what constitutes the thought is connected with various other elements which together make up the object.
Even those, however, which are purely mental will not have that intrinsic reference to objects which Brentano assigns to them and which constitutes the essence of "consciousness" as ordinarily understood.
The executive chief, with six others, appointed, three by each of the legislative branches constitutes the Supreme Court of Appeals; he is joined with the legislative department in the appointment of the other judges.
A city government official has called on barangay councils to constitute their respective Barangay Ecological Solid Waste Management (BESWMC) or they might face cases.
Children less than five years constitute the largest group, constituting 15 per cent of the population.
The bill was moved by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Ali Muhammad Khan and it sought to amend sub-section 3 of section 6 of the Elections Act, 2017 which stated that the commissioner of Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) shall constitute three or more member benches to hear and decide complaints, applications, appeals or petitions.
However, whilst the UAE has ratified the LLMC 1976, it is widely accepted that the UAE Courts will not constitute a limitation fund in the UAE even if a limitation fund would ordinarily be constituted in other contracting States in the same circumstances.
resolved and process to constitute the standing committees has already been started.
Rehman said Imran Khan should constitute a probe committee on rigging allegations, we have constituted TORs regarding the working of RTS.
Under the Family Code, there is no need to constitute the family home judicially or extrajudicially.
The report also indicated that women constitute 18 per cent of the State Council's members in its term (2011 - 2015).
ASEPARATE law dealing with sexual abuse of children came into force last year, but as many as 19 states and Union Territories are yet to constitute a child rights panel that had been mandated to monitor such cases.
The disagreement between France and Germany on when to constitute a banking union has sent stocks lower in the European region.