different between constituent vs shred

English

Etymology

From Latin c?nstitu?ns, present participle of c?nstitu? (“I establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuo (“I set, place, establish”); see statute or statue, and compare institute and restitute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st?tju?nt/, /k?n?st?t?u?nt/

Adjective

constituent (not comparable)

1. being a part, or component of a whole
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.

2. authorized to make a constitution
   • 1769, Junius, letter on 19 December, 1769, (part of Letters of Junius)

     A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

constituent (plural constituents)

1. A part, or component of a whole
   • 1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe (1869), page 11

     We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.

2. A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes.

3. A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
4. A voter who supports a [political] candidate; a supporter of a cause.
5. (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact

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6. (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause

Translations

See also

• Constituent (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• constituent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• constituent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin constituens.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kons.ti.tu?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kuns.ti.tu?en/

Adjective

constituent (masculine and feminine plural constituents)

1. constituent (being a part of a whole)

Related terms

• constituir

Further reading

• “constituent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s.ti.ty/

Verb

constituent

1. third-person plural present/subjunctive of constituer

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?sti.tu.ent/, [kõ??s?t??t?u?n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?sti.tu.ent/, [k?n?st?i?t?u?n?t?]

Verb

c?nstituent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of c?nstitu?

Romanian

Etymology

From French constituant

Noun

constituent n (plural constituen?i)

1. constituent

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English shrede, shred, from Old English s?r?ad, s?r?ade, from Proto-Germanic *skraud? (“a cut, shred”). Doublet of escrow.

Noun

shred (plural shreds)

1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:modicum.

Related terms

• screed

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English shreden, from Old English s?r?adian, from Proto-West Germanic *skraud?n, related to Proto-West Germanic *skraudan (“to cut up, shred”).

Verb

shred (third-person singular simple present shreds, present participle shredding, simple past shredded, past participle shredded or shred)

1. To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.

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2. To reduce by a large percentage.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To lop; to prune; to trim.
4. (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
5. (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
6. (music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).

Derived terms

• shredder

Translations

References

Further reading

• shred in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• shred in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• herds, sherd