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consisting

/kənˈsɪstɪŋ/

consisting is the present participle and gerund of consist.

Meaning of consist

Verb

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

  1. (copulative, obsolete) 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
  2. (archaic, intransitive) 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

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Words formed from consisting

Phrases with consisting

Questions about consisting

What is consisting the present participle and gerund of?
Consisting is the present participle and gerund of consist.
How do you pronounce consisting?
Consisting is pronounced /kənˈsɪstɪŋ/.

Words near consisting in the dictionary

  1. consisteth
  2. consistified
  3. consistifies
  4. consistify
  5. consistifying
  6. consisting
  7. consisting in
  8. consisting of
  9. consistometer
  10. consistometers
  11. consistorial

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