constitute

• vt.形成する、構成する；確立する；任命する

con-、強調する。-すなわち、そこに立つもの、その一部を構成するもの。

constitute

constitute: [15] Etymologically, that which is constituted is that which is ‘caused to stand’ or ‘set up’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin constituere ‘fix, establish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and statuere ‘set up’ (source of English statute). This was a derivative of Latin status (whence English state and status), which itself began life as the past participle of stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand). The derivative constituent [17] comes (partly via French) from the Latin present participle constituēns.
=> stand, statue, status, statute

constitute (v.)

mid-15c., verb use of adjective constitute, "made up, formed" (late 14c.), from Latin constitutus "arranged, settled," past participle adjective from constituere "to cause to stand, set up, fix, place, establish, set in order; form something new; resolve," of persons, "to appoint to an office," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + statuere "to set," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Related: Constituted; constituting.

1. Volunteers constitute more than 95%of The Center 's work force.

このセンターの95%以上のスタッフはボランティアです。

2.Motherhood did not constitute much of an interruption to her career.

母親としてのキャリアを大きく中断していない。

3.Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.

患者の同意なしに検査を行うことは職業操作違反とみなされ、法律に抵触する。

4.Does such an activity constitute a criminal offence？

このような活動も刑事犯罪と言えるのだろうか。

5.These small nations constitute an important grouping within the EU.

これらの小さな国はEUの重要な小さなグループです。