[
US
/kənˈsɪstənt/
]
[ UK /kənsˈɪstənt/ ]
[ UK /kənsˈɪstənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
capable of being reproduced
astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained -
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
a coherent argument -
the same throughout in structure or composition
bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product -
(sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable
testimony consistent with the known facts
I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war
How To Use consistent In A Sentence
- 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.
- 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 fact that these rocks were not supplying detritus to the sedimentary basin is consistent with the geological observation that they always appear covered by the younger deposits, with little or no discontinuity until the Devonian.
- They consistently underachieve at school and demonstrate little desire to make headway along a career avenue to success.
- Jones and Armstrong maintain a consistently high standard.
- They claim the vermin-annoyers show no consistent success or, sometimes, no success at all. They're not approved for use by commercial pest-control companies because not enough is known about potential side effects.
- The measurements were consistently made from the same point of the junction of the wing veins.
- Does it give your body rhythm a consistent pattern?