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consisted in

consisted in is the simple past and past participle of consist in.

Meaning of consist in

Verb

consist in (third-person singular simple present consists in, present participle consisting in, simple past and past participle consisted in)

  1. To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.
    • Tolerance consists in respecting other people’s opinions.

Questions about consisted in

What is consisted in the simple past and past participle of?
Consisted in is the simple past and past participle of consist in.

Words near consisted in in the dictionary

  1. consist in
  2. consist of
  3. consistant
  4. consistantly
  5. consisted
  6. consisted in
  7. consisted of
  8. consistence
  9. consistences
  10. consistencies
  11. consistency

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consisted in (page history and authors); consist in (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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