Vocabulary
Constituent
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body.
Urdu meaning
آئین ساز، حلقہ اسمبلی، اسمبلی دستور ساز
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The political system is higher in the hierarchy than all the other sub-systems; hence, any malfunction there affects all the constituent sub-systems.
Dawn Editorials —
Hierarchy of failure
— 2026-02-14
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A passage from his address to the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, stands out in the context of Pakistan`s current socio-political disarray.
Dawn Editorials —
Year of the Quaid
— 2025-12-25
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From justice Munir`s infamous `doctrine of necessity`, which justified the dissolution of the first Constituent Assembly in 1954, to the judicial validation of multiple military coups in the Dosso, Nusrat Bhutto and Zafar Ali Shah cases.
Dawn Editorials —
Constitutional hero
— 2025-10-21
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When members of India`s constituent assembly objected to the draft provision allowing preventive detention, the justification provided by the chief framer of India`s constitution, B.R.
Dawn Editorials —
ATA won`t deter terrorism
— 2025-10-02
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It will be presented simultaneously to the Bharati Parliament and the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on Monday, April 10.
Dawn Editorials —
Seventy-five years ago Joint declaration
— 2025-04-09
Synonyms
voter, elector, member of the electorate, member of a constituency,
Curator example
“the MP is playing on his constituents’ sense of regional identity to win votes”
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