CONSIST


Meaning of CONSIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənsɪst ]

( consists, consisting, consisted)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Something that consists of particular things or people is formed from them.

Breakfast consisted of porridge served with butter.

VERB : V of n / -ing

2.

Something that consists in something else has that thing as its main or only part.

His work as a consultant consisted in advising foreign companies on the siting of new factories.

VERB : V in n / -ing

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