Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: consist
IPA transcription: [kəns'ɪst]
Pronunciations of consist
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dwell, consist, lie, lie_in
    Meaning: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
Usage examples
  • "What is my statement of grievances to consist of?"
  • Hence his belief cannot possibly consist in a relation to this object.
  • In what does our security consist against usurpation from that quarter?
  • In England they consist not only in abstinence from evil, but in doing good.
  • Something else took place instead, which seemed to consist at first in the mere closing of her eyes.
  • In what, then, can their worth lie, if it is not to consist in the will and in reference to its expected effect?
  • The special reason for this will consist in the fact that only by its adoption can the conditions mentioned above be fulfilled.
  • Hence it will be better to seek for a theory of belief which does not make it consist in a relation of the mind to a single object.
  • The whole region appeared to consist of nothing but the same strange, uniform mineral conglomerate, crystallized into regular hexagonal prisms.
  • In general, one begins by supposing that the material phenomena are produced first; they consist, for instance, in the working of the nervous centres.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Introduction to viruses, License CC BY-SA 4.0
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2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Open cluster, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Lolcat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Lee University, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Oort cloud, License CC BY-SA 4.0
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