constituency
noun/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/
Etymology
From constituent + -ency.
- borrowed from cōnstituēns
Definitions
A district represented by one or more elected officials.
- John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.
The voters within such a district.
The residents of such a district.
›+ 2 more definitionsshow fewer
The voters of a candidate.
An interest group or fan base.
The neighborhood
- neighborconstituent
- neighborconstitute
- neighborconstitution
- neighborconstitutional
- neighborconstitutive
- neighborfunctional constituency
- neighborgroup representation constituency
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for constituency. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA