consistent

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, present participle of cōnsistō (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪstənt/
• Hyphenation: con‧sist‧ent

Adjective

consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)

1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]
2. Compatible, accordant.
3. (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Antonyms

• contradictory
• incompatible
• inconsistent

Derived terms

Related terms

• consist
• consistence
• consistency
• inconsistent

Translations

Noun

consistent (plural consistents)

1. (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

Hypernyms

• (kind of penitent): penitent

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “consistent”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

• consistency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• centonists

Catalan

Adjective

consistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural consistents)

1. consistent

Derived terms

• consistentment
• inconsistent

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēns or French consistant (with vowel adaptation to Latin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.siˈstɛnt/, /ˌkɔn.sɪˈstɛnt/
• Hyphenation: con‧sis‧tent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

consistent (comparative consistenter, superlative consistentst)

1. consistent, coherent

   Antonym: inconsistent

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: konsisten

References

French

Verb

consistent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of consister

Latin

Verb

cōnsistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōnsistō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French consistant.

Adjective

consistent m or n (feminine singular consistentă, masculine plural consistenți, feminine and neuter plural consistente)

1. solid
2. consistent

Declension