[ US /kənˈsɪst/ ]
VERB
  1. originate (in)
    The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
  2. be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous
    Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end
  3. be composed of
    What does this dish consist of?
    The land he conquered comprised several provinces
  4. have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in
    What does love consist in?
    The payment consists in food
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How To Use consist In A Sentence

  • Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
  • Of all types of commercially based American music, jazz is the one that has most consistently fostered musical artistry on a high level.
  • Some groups consistently face discrimination: age is one mode of socially structured disadvantage.
  • They drifted into the control room and floated above the sensor-generated hologram of the “herd. ” The “herd” consisted of approximately 3,000 mountain-sized blocks of ice that once were comet 2P/Encke. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • Patients received a conditioning regimen that consisted of total body irradiation (1375 cGy in 11 fractions) with partial lung shielding, thiotepa (10 mg/kg), cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg), and rabbit antithymocyte globulin (1.5 mg/kg). EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • A short fellow with a refined bearing, Gavaskar consistently got hundreds and double-hundreds against top-class bowling.
  • The mystery of how to sell decent books consistently has eluded publishers and booksellers. Times, Sunday Times
  • The threatened uniform typically consists of a khaki military tunic with trousers, though in Scottish regiments the trousers are usually tartan or replaced by a kilt.
  • It simply consists of a steel hook and a piece of rope with a loop on the end.
  • Besides that, there flourished some tufts of velvety grass, some scattered reeds, two plants of the yellow herb called tansy, four of a red flower, and a pretty white one; but the treasures of the rock consisted of three roots of garlic, which Maie had put in a cleft. The Lilac Fairy Book
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