What does constituting mean?

Answer 1

• fundamental law: law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
• the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
• United States Constitution: the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
• the way in which someone or something is composed
• 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 ...
• "... and that all men are created equal, that they are ..." when Jefferson said men he meant white, landowning, free, males over the age of 18 or 21 (not sure) that means not women, not boys under that age, not African Americans not slaves etc. Shows that we weren't even acting like a "free country" since back then and not only Martin Luther King Jr's time.

It means that everybody has rights and it ended slavery and that we the people of United States of America have the freedom of speech

Answer 2

That means 'according to the constitution' , or done in a way that fits the aims of the constitution.

Answer 3

Constituting, or constitute, means to be part of a whole or to be, amount to, or have the status of a particular thing.

Answer 4

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

Answer 5

Constitution is the way something is made up. It can also mean the strength or health of someone physically.

Answer 6

be (a part) of a whole.

"lone parents constitute a great proportion of the poor"

Answer 7

Combines to make up something.

Answer 8

constitutes