English noun: constitution | |||
1. | constitution (communication) law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | ||
Synonyms | fundamental law, organic law | ||
Broader (hypernym) | law | ||
Instance hyponym | Constitution, Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution, US Constitution | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
2. | constitution (act) the act of forming or establishing something | ||
Samples | The constitution of a PTA group last year. It was the establishment of his reputation. He still remembers the organization of the club. | ||
Synonyms | establishment, formation, organisation, organization | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beginning, commencement, start | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | collectivisation, collectivization, colonisation, colonization, communisation, communization, federation, settlement, unionisation, unionization | ||
3. | Constitution (communication) the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states | ||
Synonyms | Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution, US Constitution | ||
Instance hypernym | constitution, fundamental law, organic law | ||
Part holonym | advice and consent, Bill of Rights, Eighteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
4. | constitution (attribute) the way in which someone or something is composed | ||
Synonyms | composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition | ||
Broader (hypernym) | property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | genetic constitution, genotype, grain, karyotype, phenotype, structure, texture | ||
5. | Constitution (artifact) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Old Ironsides | ||
Instance hypernym | sailing warship | ||