Consist

  • 41consist of — Synonyms and related words: assemble, build, build up, combine, compose, constitute, construct, embody, enter into, fabricate, form, go into, incorporate, join, make, make up, merge in, mix, organize, piece together, put together, structure,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 42consist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. lie, reside, inhere; include, comprise. See existence, composition. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To have an inherent basis: dwell, exist, inhere, lie1, repose, reside, rest1. See START. 2. To… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 43consist of — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be composed of, embody, contain, involve; see comprise , include 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) vi. comprise, include …

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  • 44consist — [16] Latin consistere meant originally ‘stand still, be firmly in place’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and sistere ‘place’ (a relative of Latin stāre, which entered into a parallel compound to form constāre ‘stand… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45consist — [[t]kənsɪ̱st[/t]] ♦♦♦ consists, consisting, consisted 1) VERB Something that consists of particular things or people is formed from them. [V of n/ ing] My diet consisted almost exclusively of chocolate covered biscuits and glasses of milk... [V… …

    English dictionary

  • 46consist — con·sist || kÉ™n sɪst v. be composed of, be made up of …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 47consist of — comprise of; be composed of …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48CONSIST — consistens, consistentes …

    Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions

  • 49consist of — to be made (up) of; to be composed of; to comprise …

    Idioms and examples

  • 50consist in — Lie in, be contained in, be comprised in, be constituted by …

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