"consist in" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "consists in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisting in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "consist in (third-person singular simple present consists in, present participle consisting in, simple past and past participle consisted in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tolerance consists in respecting other people’s opinions."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part."
      ],
      "id": "en-consist_in-en-verb-hub8GaYK",
      "links": [
        [
          "mention",
          "mention"
        ],
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "consist of"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
          "word": "重点在于"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
          "word": "spočívat"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
          "word": "consister en"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
          "word": "polegać na"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaključátʹsja",
          "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заключа́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sostojátʹ",
          "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "состоя́ть"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "consist in"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "consists in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisting in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "consist in (third-person singular simple present consists in, present participle consisting in, simple past and past participle consisted in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "consist of"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tolerance consists in respecting other people’s opinions."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mention",
          "mention"
        ],
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
      "word": "重点在于"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
      "word": "spočívat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
      "word": "consister en"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
      "word": "polegać na"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaključátʹsja",
      "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заключа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sostojátʹ",
      "sense": "have the thing mentioned as only or most important part",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "состоя́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "consist in"
}