constitution

[zone: 1, ipm: 173.04]

Definitions

  • the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by

Examples

  1. The king is allowed by the constitution to appoint the prime minister and a few members to the parliament and legislature.
  2. The constitution which Napoleon presented to the Spanish Notables at Bayonne was accepted by them, only to be flung back with scorn by the people.
  3. Ireland distanced itself further from Britain with the introduction of a new constitution in 1937, making it a republic in all but name.
  4. Poland was also becoming quite republican in its tendencies, and had adopted a constitution which greatly limited the power of the crown.
  5. The third principle is that the constitution should be the results of the ordinary law of the land.

Collocations

  • amendment [score: 10.1, freq: 13] (amendment to the constitution)
  • change [score: 9.81, freq: 11] (changes to the constitution)
  • amend [score: 9.8, freq: 48] (constitution was amended)
  • frame [score: 9.04, freq: 30] (frame a constitution)
  • draft [score: 8.87, freq: 23] (draft a constitution)
  • adopt [score: 8.75, freq: 55] (adopt a new constitution)
  • subvert [score: 8.72, freq: 21] (subvert the constitution)
  • federal [score: 8.67, freq: 38] (the federal constitution)
  • written [score: 8.6, freq: 29] (a written constitution)
  • republican [score: 8.6, freq: 37] (a republican constitution)
  • alter [score: 8.45, freq: 23] (alter the constitution)
  • violate [score: 8.4, freq: 22] (violate the constitution)
  • Canadian [score: 8.39, freq: 37] (a Canadian constitution)
  • liberal [score: 8.05, freq: 28] (a liberal constitution)
  • democratic [score: 7.96, freq: 22] (the democratic constitution)
  • ancient [score: 7.95, freq: 57] (the ancient constitution)
  • English [score: 7.7, freq: 63] (the English constitution)
  • revise [score: 7.7, freq: 11] (revise the constitution)
  • establish [score: 7.68, freq: 14] (established by the constitution)
  • overthrow [score: 7.61, freq: 13] (overthrow the constitution)
  • overturn [score: 7.45, freq: 9] (overturn the constitution)
  • modify [score: 7.42, freq: 9] (modify the constitution)
  • imperial [score: 7.4, freq: 41] (the imperial constitution)
  • South [score: 7.38, freq: 14] (the South African constitution)
  • British [score: 7.32, freq: 98] (a British constitution)
  • civil [score: 7.31, freq: 30] (the civil constitution of the clergy)
  • base [score: 7.28, freq: 12] (a constitution based on)
  • preserve [score: 7.26, freq: 18] (preserve the constitution)
  • monarchical [score: 7.1, freq: 10] (a monarchical constitution)
  • Germanic [score: 6.74, freq: 8] (the Germanic constitution)

Thesaurus

  • law [score: 0.321, freq: 16874]
  • system [score: 0.284, freq: 8829]
  • institution [score: 0.282, freq: 2894]
  • liberty [score: 0.261, freq: 6364]
  • government [score: 0.247, freq: 28006]
  • religion [score: 0.246, freq: 5758]
  • monarchy [score: 0.245, freq: 4904]
  • act [score: 0.243, freq: 7213]
  • authority [score: 0.237, freq: 11249]
  • policy [score: 0.234, freq: 8979]
  • right [score: 0.234, freq: 11777]
  • administration [score: 0.233, freq: 4553]
  • rule [score: 0.231, freq: 7204]
  • treaty [score: 0.231, freq: 7133]
  • independence [score: 0.224, freq: 4259]
  • order [score: 0.222, freq: 20371]
  • form [score: 0.222, freq: 6757]
  • interest [score: 0.216, freq: 10335]
  • legislation [score: 0.215, freq: 1687]
  • condition [score: 0.214, freq: 7346]

Translations

Russian конституция (0.974)
Czech ústava (0.915)