What dose constitute mean?

1. be (a part) of a whole.

"single parents constitute a great proportion of the poor"

synonyms: amount to, add up to, account for, form, make up, compose, comprise, represent

"farmers constituted 10 percent of the population"

2.

give legal or constitutional form to (an institution); establish by law.

synonyms: inaugurate, initiate, establish, found, create, set up, put in place, start, begin, originate, form, organize, develop, shape; More