constitutes
v.v. to be the parts that make up a whole. You use this when saying that several things together form one larger thing or idea.
v. to serve as the parts or components of a whole; to make up or form. Often used to define the legal or formal status of an action or entity.
Twelve months constitutes a full year.
The committee decided that his recent behavior constitutes a serious breach of the company's safety policy.
While individual protests may seem small, their collective impact constitutes a significant challenge to the current administration's proposed environmental reforms.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. It is often used in the third person singular or plural to define a category or status.
This constitutes as a crime.This constitutes a crime.Constitutes is a transitive verb and does not require the preposition 'as'.