CONSISTENT


Meaning of CONSISTENT in English

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

1.

Someone who is ~ always behaves in the same way, has the same attitudes towards people or things, or achieves the same level of success in something.

Becker has never been the most ~ of players anyway.

...his ~ support of free trade.

ADJ

~ly

It’s something I have ~ly denied...

Jones and Armstrong maintain a ~ly high standard.

ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj/adv

2.

If one fact or idea is ~ with another, they do not contradict each other.

This result is ~ with the findings of Garnett & Tobin...

ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ with n

3.

An argument or set of ideas that is ~ is one in which no part contradicts or conflicts with any other part.

These are clear ~ policies which we are putting into place.

= coherent

ADJ

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