Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to consist
Participle: consisted
Gerund: consisting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | consist |
| you | consist |
| he;she;it | consists |
| we | consist |
| you | consist |
| they | consist |
Perfect
| I | have consisted |
| you | have consisted |
| he;she;it | has consisted |
| we | have consisted |
| you | have consisted |
| they | have consisted |
Past
| I | consisted |
| you | consisted |
| he;she;it | consisted |
| we | consisted |
| you | consisted |
| they | consisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had consisted |
| you | had consisted |
| he;she;it | had consisted |
| we | had consisted |
| you | had consisted |
| they | had consisted |
Future
| I | will consist |
| you | will consist |
| he;she;it | will consist |
| we | will consist |
| you | will consist |
| they | will consist |
Future Perfect
| I | will have consisted |
| you | will have consisted |
| he;she;it | will have consisted |
| we | will have consisted |
| you | will have consisted |
| they | will have consisted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | consist |
| you | consist |
| he;she;it | consist |
| we | consist |
| you | consist |
| they | consist |
Perfect
| I | have consisted |
| you | have consisted |
| he;she;it | have consisted |
| we | have consisted |
| you | have consisted |
| they | have consisted |
Imperfect
| I | consisted |
| you | consisted |
| he;she;it | consisted |
| we | consisted |
| you | consisted |
| they | consisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had consisted |
| you | had consisted |
| he;she;it | had consisted |
| we | had consisted |
| you | had consisted |
| they | had consisted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would consist |
| you | would consist |
| he;she;it | would consist |
| we | would consist |
| you | would consist |
| they | would consist |
Perfect
| I | would have consisted |
| you | would have consisted |
| he;she;it | would have consisted |
| we | would have consisted |
| you | would have consisted |
| they | would have consisted |
Imperative
| you | consist |
| we | Let's consist |
| you | consist |
Verbs conjugated like 'consist'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'consist'
coassist,
coexist,
coëxist,
concise,
confit,
congest,
consent,
consign,
consort,
consult,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to be
- exist
- be composed of
- compose
- to have being or reality
- be, be a thing, exist
- include
- contain, embody, incorporate, involve, reside, inhere, exist
Antonyms
- include
- omit, reject, prohibit, preclude
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1526, from L.
consistere "to stand firm," from
com- "together" +
sistere "to place," caus. of
stare "to be standing" (see assist).
Consistory "meeting place" is from c.1320.
2. 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”).
Verbs referencing "consist"
Esperanto
konsisti, Albanian
konsistoj.
Sample Sentences
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[...] in the corner, a couple of woolly-headed boys, with glistening black eyes and fat shining cheeks, were busy in superintending the first walking operations of the baby, which, as is usually the case, consisted in getting up on its feet, balancing a moment, and then tumbling down,—each successive failure being violently cheered, as something decidedly clever.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] cabin is vile in the last degree. I huddle on my clothes, go down into the fore-cabin, get shaved by the barber, and wash myself. The washing and dressing apparatus for the passengers generally, consists of two jack-towels, three small wooden basins, a keg of water and a ladle to serve it out with, six square inches of looking-glass, two ditto ditto of yellow soap, a comb and brush for the head, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It is hardly necessary to say, that these consist of wharfs and warehouses, and new buildings in all directions; and of a great many vast plans which are still ‘progressing. ’ Already, however, some very good houses, broad streets, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The great sin of sins, in her eyes,—the sum of all evils,—was expressed by one very common and important word in her vocabulary—“shiftlessness. ” Her finale and ultimatum of contempt consisted in a very emphatic pronunciation of the word “ shiftless; ” and by this she characterized all modes of procedure which had not a direct and inevitable relation to accomplishment of some purpose then [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] custom in these parts to give a horse a gallon or so of cold water whenever he is in a foam with heat, we halted for that purpose, at a log inn in the wood, far removed from any other residence. It consisted of one room, bare-roofed and bare-walled of course, with a loft above. The ministering priest was a swarthy young savage, in a shirt of cotton print like bed-furniture, and a pair of ragged [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] There was a damp fireplace without any stove, full of wood ashes; a chair, and a very small table; and on the last-named piece of furniture was displayed, in grand array, the doctor 's library, consisting of some half-dozen greasy old books.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The place consisted of a few poor cottages, and two or three public-houses; the state of whose larders certainly seemed to justify the second designation of the village, for there was nothing to eat in any of them. At [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] which our readers may fancy were far from disagreeable to him. He was kept well dressed, for St. Clare was fastidiously particular on this point. His stable services were merely a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection, and directing an under-servant in his duties; for Marie St. Clare declared that she could not have any smell of the horses about him when he came near her, and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The second, consists of all those owners, breeders, users, buyers and sellers of slaves, who will, until the bloody chapter has a bloody end, own, breed, use, buy, and sell them at all hazards: who doggedly deny the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for not being martyrs and confessors. One can see, you know, very easily, how others ought to be martyrs. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)