"consist of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "consists of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisting of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "consist of (third-person singular simple present consists of, present participle consisting of, simple past and past participle consisted of)",
      "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 (of)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The body consists of cells."
        },
        {
          "text": "The fieldwork consists of counting the species along the shoreline."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be composed or made up of something."
      ],
      "id": "en-consist_of-en-verb-1Rr5dYK-",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "consist in"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "be made up by",
          "word": "bestå af"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "be made up by",
          "word": "bestaan uit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "be made up by",
          "word": "bestå av"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "consist of"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "consists of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisting of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consisted of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "consist of (third-person singular simple present consists of, present participle consisting of, simple past and past participle consisted of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "consist in"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (of)",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The body consists of cells."
        },
        {
          "text": "The fieldwork consists of counting the species along the shoreline."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be composed or made up of something."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "be made up by",
      "word": "bestå af"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be made up by",
      "word": "bestaan uit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be made up by",
      "word": "bestå av"
    }
  ],
  "word": "consist of"
}