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Meaning of consistent in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /kənˈsɪstənt/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    consistent

    Definitions

    1. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

    Examples

    • « a logical argument »
    • « the orderly presentation »

    Synonyms

    • coherent
  2. 2. the same throughout in structure or composition

    Examples

    • « bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product »

    Synonyms

    • homogeneous
    • homogenous
  3. Qualitative Adjective

    consistent

    Etymology

    late 16th century (in the sense ‘consisting or composed of’): from Latin consistent-‘standing firm or still, existing’, from the verb consistere (see consist)

    Definitions

    1. (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable

    Examples

    • « testimony consistent with the known facts »
    • « I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war »

    Synonyms

    • accordant
    • agreeable
    • conformable
    • consonant
    • concordant
    • pursuant(p)
    • self-consistent
    • unchanging
    • reconciled

    Antonyms

    • inconsistent
  4. 2. capable of being reproduced

    Examples

    • « astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained »

    Synonyms

    • duplicable
    • duplicatable

    Antonyms

    • unreproducible
    • irreproducible

Famous quotes

  • « All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. »
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • « Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. »
    Victor Hugo
  • « No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. »
    Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
  • « It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. »
    George Santayana
  • « The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be. »
    Allan Houston

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