CONSIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does consist mean? 

• CONSIST (verb)
  The verb CONSIST has 4 senses:

1. originate (in)

2. have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in

3. be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous

4. be composed of

  Familiarity information: CONSIST used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSIST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they consist    ... he / she / it consists   
Past simple: consisted   
Past participle: consisted   
-ing form: consisting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Originate (in)

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

consist; dwell; lie; lie in

Context example:

The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

be; exist (have an existence, be extant)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

What does love consist in?

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

consistence; consistency (a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be composed of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

comprise; consist

Context example:

What does this dish consist of?

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Morphologically, it is characterized by a biphasic pattern consisting of an epithelial and an osteofibrous component.

(Adamantinoma of Long Bones, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin, bleomycin, and vinblastine used alone or in combination with radiation therapy, for the initial treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma.

(ABV Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

This body consisted of three thousand foot, and a thousand horse.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin and dacarbazine used for the treatment of unresectable soft tissue sarcoma.

(AD Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

The ADAM family consists of transmembrane proteins that contain a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain.

(ADAM Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cytarabine (Ara-C), daunorubicin and etoposide, that is used as an induction treatment for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

(ADE regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity.

(Medical Subject Headings, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Lucas is an unmarried man, thirty-four years of age, and his establishment consists of Mrs. Pringle, an elderly housekeeper, and of Mitton, his valet.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

ABC transporters consist of two integral membrane proteins (permeases) each having six transmembrane segments, two peripheral membrane proteins that bind and hydrolyze ATP, and a periplasmic (or lipoprotein) substrate-binding protein.

(ABC Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)

And when the party entered the assembly room it consisted of only five altogether—Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)