consist

[ verb kuhn-sist; noun kon-sist ]

/ verb kənˈsɪst; noun ˈkɒn sɪst /

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verb (used without object)

to be made up or composed (usually followed by of): This cake consists mainly of sugar, flour, and butter.

to be comprised or contained (usually followed by in): Her charm does not consist only in her beauty.

Archaic. to exist together or be capable of existing together.

Obsolete. to insist; urge.

noun

Railroads.

the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.

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Origin of consist

1520–30; <Latin consistere to stand together, stand firm, equivalent to con-con- + sistere to cause to stand, reduplicative v. akin to stāre to stand

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How to use consist in a sentence

“Missions” essentially consist of annihilating all means of transportation in small, vaguely Middle Eastern/African cities.
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Though the rings look solid, they consist of a huge number of icy particles that reflect sunlight back.
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“Yes, there are dissidents and maybe they consist of one percent or two percent of the population,” he told PBS in 1999.
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His suggestion: “a telepathy shield” that “would consist of a thin metal foil around the brain.”
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Arnold said her ten plaintiffs are just the ones they named, and she “expects the class to consist of over 100,000 people.”
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The differences in the three great makers seems to be now decided to consist in fullness of tone and quantity of power.
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They consist of a more or less dense network of hyph and numerous round or oval refractive spores.
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The group appeared to consist of three islands, all low and of small size.
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They both consist of naked, inhospitable masses of rock, and serve at most as resting places for a few gulls.
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We are told their ideas of government consist in believing that implicit obedience is due both to king and priests.
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British Dictionary definitions for consist

consist

/ (kənˈsɪst) /

verb (intr)

(foll by of) to be composed (of); be formed (of)syrup consists of sugar and water

(foll by in or of) to have its existence (in); lie (in); be expressed (by)his religion consists only in going to church

to be compatible or consistent; accord

Word Origin for consist

C16: from Latin consistere to halt, stand firm, from sistere to stand, cause to stand; related to stāre to stand

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