CONSTABLE | • constable n. One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.) • constable n. (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers. • constable n. (Historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal). |
CONSTANCY | • constancy n. (Uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc. • constancy n. (Countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing. • CONSTANCY n. the state of being constant. |
CONSTANTS | • constants n. Plural of constant. • CONSTANT n. something that does not vary. |
CONSTATED | • constated v. Simple past tense and past participle of constate. • CONSTATE v. to assert. |
CONSTATES | • constates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constate. • CONSTATE v. to assert. |
CONSTERED | • constered v. Simple past tense and past participle of conster. • CONSTER v. (archaic) to construe. |
CONSTRAIN | • constrain v. (Transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige. • constrain v. (Transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine. • constrain v. (Transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources. |
CONSTRICT | • constrict v. (Transitive, intransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure. • constrict v. (Of a snake) To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. • constrict v. (Figurative) To limit or restrict. |
CONSTRUAL | • construal n. The act of construing or interpreting; interpretation. • CONSTRUAL n. an act of construing. |
CONSTRUCT | • construct n. Something constructed from parts. • construct n. A concept or model. • construct n. (Genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue. |
CONSTRUED | • construed v. Simple past tense and past participle of construe. • CONSTRUE v. to analyse the grammatical construction of (a sentence). |
CONSTRUER | • construer n. Someone who construes something. • CONSTRUER n. one who construes. |
CONSTRUES | • construes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of construe. • CONSTRUE v. to analyse the grammatical construction of (a sentence). |