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CONSIST

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be composed of

Example:

What does this dish consist of?

Synonyms:

comprise; consist

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Originate (in)

Example:

The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country

Synonyms:

consist; dwell; lie; lie in

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

be; exist (have an existence, be extant)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous

Example:

Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

consistence; consistency (a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in

Example:

What does love consist in?

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "consist" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

At a few minutes after nine the maid, Edith Baxter, carried down to the stables his supper, which consisted of a dish of curried mutton.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The device consists of a semi-permeable membrane between two tiny chambers, one filled with maternal cells derived from a delivered placenta and the other filled with fetal cells derived from an umbilical cord.

(Researchers design placenta-on-a-chip to better understand pregnancy, NIH)

This task consisted of ironing all the unstarched portions of the shirts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vindesine, bleomycin and prednisone used to treat aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(ACVBP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant glandular epithelial neoplasm consisting of secretory cells forming acinar patterns.

(Acinar Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Half the participants in each group also received a five-day course of a broad-spectrum antibiotic regimen (consisting of neomycin, vancomycin, and metronidazole) by mouth before receiving the vaccine.

(Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination, National Institutes of Health)

A benign or malignant glandular epithelial neoplasm consisting of secretory cells forming acinar patterns.

(Acinar Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign glandular epithelial neoplasm consisting of secretory cells forming acinar patterns.

(Acinar Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The training programme has been developed by researchers from the UGR, and consists of exercises based on types of activities that stimulate the brain areas responsible for the regulation and control of attention.

(Study reveals attention training improves intelligence and brain function of children, University of Granada)

A chemotherapy regimen consisting of doxorubucin hydrochloride (Adriamycin) and cyclophosphamide, followed by paclitaxel (Taxol), administered on either a dose-dense or sequential schedule and used as an adjuvant treatment for breast cancer.

(AC-T regimen, NCI Thesaurus)