"consist in" meaning in All languages combined

See consist in on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: consists in [present, singular, third-person], consisting in [participle, present], consisted in [participle, past], consisted in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} consist in (third-person singular simple present consists in, present participle consisting in, simple past and past participle consisted in)
  1. To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part. Related terms: consist of Translations (have the thing mentioned as only or most important part): 重点在于 (Chinese Mandarin), spočívat (Czech), consister en (French), polegać na [imperfective] (Polish), заключа́ться (zaključátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), состоя́ть (sostojátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
          "word": "重点在于"
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          "code": "fr",
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      "word": "重点在于"
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      "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
      "word": "spočívat"
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