consist
/kənˈsɪst/UK/ˈkɒn.sɪst/
consist verb: to be.
Verb
consist (third-person singular simple present consists, present participle consisting, simple past and past participle consisted)
- To be.
- Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs?1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 15, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- District number twenty-five (25) shall consist the counties of Tompkins, Seneca and Yates.1846, District School Journal for the State of New-York - Volume 7, page 183
- To exist or be compatible.
- [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.1715–1720, Homer, “Book VI”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, section footnote
- First, because it is granted by all divines, that hypothetical necessity, or necessity upon a supposition, may consist with liberty.1841, “The” Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance
Noun
consist (plural consists)
- A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
- The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
consist meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
consist in Tamil
- உள்ளடக்கு
consist in Urdu
- بنا ہوا ہونا, ملنا, مرکب ہونا
consist in Bengali
- গঠন, হওয়া, থাকা, রচিত হওয়া, নিহিত থাকা
consist in Malayalam
- ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുക, അടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- consist in Kannada
- ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರು, ಕೂಡಿರು, ಆಗಿರು, ಒಳಗೊಳ್ಳು
- consist in Arabic
- تَكَوَّنَ takawwana, تَأَلَّفَ taʔallafa
- consist in Vietnamese
- đoàn xe ray
Examples of consist in a sentence
- Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use.
- The Yugoslav Army consisted of the War Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
- Iran's army consists of the Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
Synonyms of consist
Forms of consist
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | consists |
| present participle | consisting |
| past participle | consisted |
| past | consisted |
| Noun | |
| plural | consists |
Origin of consist
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”).
From consist (verb).
Words formed from consist
Words that rhyme with consist
43 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- frist
- insist
- Liszt
- piste
- tryst
- agist
- dismissed
- encyst
- hist
- pissed
- sist
- tier list
- trist
- whist
- wrist
- absist
- atwist
- bist
- cist
- coexist
- contrist
- cyst
- delist
- demist
- desist
- dissed
- dream list
- exist
- fair list
- get one's knickers in a twist
- glissed
- hissed
- is't
- ist
- kissed
- missed
- rankist
- schist
- triste
- unlist
- ventriloquist
- wist
- xyst
Questions about consist
- What does consist mean?
- Consist means to be.
- What is consist in Tamil?
- Consist in Tamil is உள்ளடக்கு. See Consist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is consist?
- Consist can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce consist?
- Consist is pronounced /kənˈsɪst/.
- What is the past tense of consist?
- The past tense of consist is consisted.
Words near consist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: consist (page history and authors); consist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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