- present tense form of constitute (3rd person singular).
constitutes
Example Sentences
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Neven said he is particularly interested in understanding the brain, including, “the forbidden fruit” of trying to make sense of what constitutes conscious experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Rightly or wrongly, recent developments have likely alienated the very crowd that constitutes a Tony viewership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The broader policy environment constitutes what one analysis described as a “permanent regulatory risk premium” on any semiconductor company with meaningful China exposure.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
This constitutes what is now called “practical monetarism”—an updated form of monetarism that brings lessons from the past into contact with the accepted conventions of the present.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
It would however be simply wrong to think that we and Aristotle share the same views about what constitutes a justified true belief, and about how to acquire such beliefs.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
