constitutional
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənl/
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saludable
- After lunch, she enjoys a short constitutional to help with digestion and relaxation.
Examples
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It's time for my constitutional before dinner.
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Most days we go for our daily constitutional.
Blog text (28) -
Surely, Officers, it's not against the law to take a morning constitutional.
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The doctor's out for his morning constitutional.
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I see her often in the mornings when the dog and I take our constitutional through the woods.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's out on his constitutional.
Fiction book (1995) -
There they go, Horace, me lad, out for their evening constitutional.
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It was nothing more strenuous than a morning's constitutional.
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Every morning, on my daily constitutional ride on the Potomac River bike path, I listen to a local "oldies" station on my Walkman.
Academic text (2005) -
Every morning, I take a constitutional walk around the park to start my day right.
Synonyms
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1.0
Helps the body or mind stay well
Compounds
- Formal
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4.1
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
- Formal
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5.1
An official change to the main written law of a country or organization
An assembly of delegates in 1787 that wrote the main law for the United States government
- Formal
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6.1
A formal meeting of delegates to write or change a country's main law
An American political party that formed in 1859 to keep the country together before the Civil War
- Specialized
A part of economics that studies how a country's basic rules for government affect economic policy
How Healthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
constitutional = constitution (semi-transparent) = constitution + al
The form is regular, but the health-related sense is a specialized extension from 'constitution'.
Etymology
The word constitutional meaning good for health comes from constitution, the word for your body's 'make-up' or 'health', so a 'constitutional' activity helps keep your body fit.