consist

[ verb kuh n-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.

Words nearby consist

consign, consignee, consignment, consignment store, consignor, consist, consistency, consistency principle, consistent, consistent equations, consistory

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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Examples from the Web for consist

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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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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But households are not only made up of children; they consist of—in fact they are run by—adults.
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The challenge will consist of three seven-man teams from the UK, Commonwealth and USA – each with four wounded team members.
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These consist of chasms of considerable extent in the mica-state, where ice and snow remain during the greater part of the year.
Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland|George Forrest Browne
The remedy does not consist in the lessening or weakening of sovereignty by individual states.
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It seems to consist of a very fine plaster and a transparent glue.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot
The Church has had to learn that religion does not consist in being unnatural.
The Lost Art of Reading|Gerald Stanley Lee
The boulders of Erreré are entirely distinct from the rock of the Serra, and consist of masses of compact hornblende.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866|Various

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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