Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make up, to create, to compose: To be the parts or elements that combine to form a whole; to constitute or establish something.

Usage

• Verb: Used to describe the action of various parts or elements coming together to create a complete entity, system, or concept. It often implies a structured or logical formation.
• Common Collocations: Often used with words like (system), (crime), (team), (parts/components).

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhiều yếu tố khác nhau cấu thành nên văn hóa của một dân tộc. (Many different factors make up the culture of a nation.)
  • Các chương trong sách này cấu thành một chỉnh thể thống nhất. (The chapters in this book form a unified whole.)
  • Hành vi đó có đủ yếu tố để cấu thành tội phạm. (That act has sufficient elements to constitute a crime.)

Advanced Usage

• Legal/Judicial Context: Frequently used in legal language to describe the elements that constitute an offense.
  • Cấu thành tội phạm: Refers to the "constitution of a crime" or the specific elements that define a criminal act.
• Technical/Analytical Context: Used in systems analysis, science, and sociology to describe how components form a structure.
  • Phân tích các yếu tố cấu thành: To analyze the constituent elements.

Variants and Related Words

• Sự cấu thành (Noun): The constitution, composition, or formation of something.
  • Sự cấu thành của phân tử nước rất đơn giản. (The composition of a water molecule is very simple.)
• Thành phần cấu thành (Noun Phrase): Constituent part, component.
  • Mỗi thành phần cấu thành đều quan trọng. (Every constituent part is important.)

Synonyms

• Hợp thành (Verb): To combine to form, to constitute. (Slightly more formal/literary)
• Tạo thành (Verb): To form, to create. (More general)
• Tạo nên (Verb): To make up, to bring about. (Emphasizes the creative result)

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Yếu tố cấu thành (Noun Phrase): Constituent factor, element.
  • Đây là một yếu tố cấu thành thiết yếu. (This is an essential constituent element.)
• Cấu trúc cấu thành (Noun Phrase): Constitutive structure. (Used in academic contexts)

verb

1. To make up, to create, to compose