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consisting in

consisting in is the present participle and gerund 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 consisting in

What is consisting in the present participle and gerund of?
Consisting in is the present participle and gerund of consist in.

Words near consisting in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consisting 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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