constituency

C1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/ See IPA manual

Freq #25348

Meanings

1

noun
An area whose voters elect a representative to a parliament or assembly.

John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.
2

noun
The group of voters who live in such an area.

The MP promised to listen to the concerns of her constituency.
3

noun
A group of people who support a particular cause, group, or idea.

The new policy was designed to please the party's core constituency.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an area whose voters elect... electoral districtelectorate

2 noun · the group of voters who... electorate

Word family

Forms constituencies

Derived forms nonconstituencysubconstituency

Related forms constituent constitute constitution constitutional constitutive

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Phrases (1)

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geographical constituency
An electoral constituency defined by where its voters live.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From constituent + -ency.

Topics

Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# constituency

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/
**Frequency rank:** 25348

## Meanings
1. An area whose voters elect a representative to a parliament or assembly.
2. The group of voters who live in such an area.
3. A group of people who support a particular cause, group, or idea.

## Examples
- John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.
- The MP promised to listen to the concerns of her constituency.
- The new policy was designed to please the party's core constituency.

## Derived Forms
- nonconstituency
- subconstituency

## Related Forms
- constituent
- constitute
- constitution
- constitutional
- constitutive

## Etymology
From constituent + -ency.

## AI Etymology
Constituency is from constituent + -ency. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include an area whose voters elect a representative to a parliament or assembly, the group of voters who live in such an area, and a group of people who support a particular cause, group, or idea. The wider family includes derived forms such as nonconstituency and subconstituency and related words such as constituent, constitute, constitution, constitutional, and constitutive.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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