Constitute
Constitute verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: a fund was constituted to help needy students attend the prep school
End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Constitute is an antonym for end.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They try an end-run around it by checking to see if a victim's phone was hacked for the nudie pics (which would constitute probable cause to seize the servers as evidence), but it doesn't pan out.
Source: Catch-22 Dilemma -
The mere flight can constitute a story in itself, filled with danger — it may have to on foot though there are, in theory, trains, cars, or planes for transport, and even the weather can be a peril — but arriving is no guarantee that the story will end.
Source: War Refugees
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End and Constitute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/constitute/end
Constitute & End. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/constitute/end>.
End or Constitute. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/constitute/end.
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