| constitution | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. constitution, fundamental law, organic law | law determining the fundamental political principles of a government. |
| ~ law | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.; "there is a law against kidnapping" |
| ~ constitution of the united states, u.s. constitution, united states constitution, us constitution, constitution | the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 2. constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization | 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" |
| ~ commencement, beginning, start | the act of starting something.; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| ~ unionisation, unionization | act of forming labor unions.; "the issue underlying the strike was unionization" |
| ~ collectivisation, collectivization | the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism. |
| ~ communisation, communization | the organization of a nation of the basis of communism. |
| ~ federation | the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs. |
| ~ colonisation, colonization, settlement | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.; "the British colonization of America" |
| n. (communication) | 3. constitution, constitution of the united states, u.s. constitution, united states constitution, us constitution | the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states. |
| ~ constitution, fundamental law, organic law | law determining the fundamental political principles of a government. |
| ~ advice and consent | a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making. |
| ~ bill of rights | a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution). |
| ~ fourteenth amendment | an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government. |
| ~ eighteenth amendment | an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932. |
| ~ nineteenth amendment | an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. composition, constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition | the way in which someone or something is composed. |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ structure | the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts.; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" |
| ~ phenotype | what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment. |
| ~ genetic constitution, genotype | the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism. |
| ~ texture, grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance).; "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" |
| ~ karyotype | the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes). |
| n. (artifact) | 5. constitution, old ironsides | 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. |
| ~ sailing warship | a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century. |
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