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consist

UK/ˈkɒn.sɪst/US/kənˈsɪst/
verbB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,998 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: consists, consisted, consisting

To consist is to be made up of particular parts. Consist of three parts, consists largely of, what it consists of.

It takes of for the parts and in for the essence — happiness consists in contentment, a mixture consists of oil and water — and mixing the two is a common slip. It has no continuous form: nothing is consisting of anything. Note that the Latin means to stand together.

Definitions of consist

  1. 1verbconsistTo be made up of particular parts.B2+

    “The meal consisted of soup, bread and a small piece of cheese.”

consist is a being composed.

Where it comes from

Latin consistere is com plus sistere, to stand. Assist, insist and stand come from the same standing.

  1. Latin

    consistō

  2. Middle French

    consister

  3. English, today

    consist

Built from

  • com- · Latin — together
  • sistō · Latin — to cause to stand, stand

From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō. From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“to cause to stand, stand”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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consist in the wild

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    FYI

  • Courts generally consist of judges or other judicial officers, and are usually established and dissolved through legislation enacted by a legislature.

    Court

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    Minigame

  • The second-level divisions consist of districts and cities.

    Regions of Tajikistan

  • Volcanic fields usually consist of clusters of up to 100 volcanoes such as cinder cones.

    Volcanic field

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the sistō family

existexistence

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