"consistent" meaning in English

See consistent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈsɪstənt/ Audio: en-us-consistent.ogg , en-au-consistent.ogg Forms: more consistent [comparative], most consistent [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, present participle of cōnsistō (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|consistens|cōnsistēntem}} Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱóm||beside, by, near, with}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stísteh₂ti||to be standing up; to be getting up}} Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)
  1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. Translations (of a regularly occurring, dependable nature): հետևողական (hetewoġakan) (Armenian), ardıcıl (Azerbaijani), последователен (posledovatelen) (Bulgarian), постоянен (postojanen) (Bulgarian), consistent (Catalan), 一貫的 (Chinese Mandarin), 一贯的 (yīguàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), konsistent (Danish), veel voorkomend (Dutch), consequent (Dutch), järjepidev (Estonian), johdonmukainen (Finnish), yhdenmukainen (Finnish), tasainen (Finnish), constant (French), constante [feminine, masculine] (Galician), beständig (German), beharrlich (German), konsequent (German), konstant (German), verlässlich (German), עקבי ikví (Hebrew), következetes (Hungarian), konzekvens (Hungarian), konsisten (Indonesian), costante (Italian), continuo (Italian), congruens (Latin), tekal (Malay), consistente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), consecvent (Romanian), после́довательный (poslédovatelʹnyj) (Russian), seasmhach (Scottish Gaelic), consistente (Spanish), constante (Spanish), konsekvent (Swedish), följdriktig [common-gender] (Swedish), послідо́вний (poslidóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-consistent-en-adj-7zxDVwJl Disambiguation of 'of a regularly occurring, dependable nature': 98 1 1
  2. Compatible, accordant. Translations (compatible, accordant): համահունչ (hamahunčʻ) (Armenian), съвместим (sǎvmestim) (Bulgarian), konsistent (Danish), akorda (Esperanto), kohera (Esperanto), yhtenäinen (Finnish), yhteensopiva (Finnish), conforme (French), stimmig (German), konsistent (German), zusammenhaltend (German), im Einklang stehend (German), תואם toém (Hebrew), konsisten (Indonesian), coerente (Italian), conforme (Italian), compatibile (Italian), согласо́ванный (soglasóvannyj) (Russian), соотве́тствующий (sootvétstvujuščij) (Russian), phù hợp (Vietnamese), thích hợp (Vietnamese)
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  3. (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them. Categories (topical): Logic Translations (not logically contradictory): непротиворечив (neprotivorečiv) (Bulgarian), consistent (Catalan), 一貫的 (Chinese Mandarin), 一贯的 (yīguàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), konzistentní (Czech), bezesporný [masculine] (Czech), konsistent (Danish), consequent (Dutch), consistent (Dutch), konsekvenca (Esperanto), ristiriidaton (Finnish), cohérent (French), consistente [feminine, masculine] (Galician), widerspruchsfrei (German), konsistent (German), folgerichtig (German), תואם toém (Hebrew), ellentmondásmentes (Hungarian), konzisztens (Hungarian), konsisten (Indonesian), konsystentny [masculine] (Polish), spójny (Polish), consistente (Portuguese), совмести́мый (sovmestímyj) (Russian), coherente (Spanish), сумі́сний (sumísnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-consistent-en-adj-WjISGSDy Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'not logically contradictory': 13 15 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: consist, consistence, consistency, inconsistent

Noun

IPA: /kənˈsɪstənt/ Audio: en-us-consistent.ogg , en-au-consistent.ogg Forms: consistents [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, present participle of cōnsistō (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|consistens|cōnsistēntem}} Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱóm||beside, by, near, with}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stísteh₂ti||to be standing up; to be getting up}} Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} consistent (plural consistents)
  1. (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another. Tags: in-plural, rare
    Sense id: en-consistent-en-noun-mCpVd7Wx
  2. (Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy Hypernyms (kind of penitent): penitent
    Sense id: en-consistent-en-noun-en:penitent Disambiguation of 'kind of penitent': 3 97

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "When a philosopher adopted fully the Nominalist view of the signification of general language, retaining along with it the dictum de omni as the foundation of all reasoning, two such premisses fairly put together were likely, if he was a consistent thinker, to land him in rather startling conclusions.",
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          "text": "The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.",
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          "text": "He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!",
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          "text": "That author [Mr. Boyle] has a particular Eſſay of the Atmoſphere of Conſiſtent Bodies; wherein he ſhews, that all, even ſolid, hard, ponderous, and fix'd Bodies, do exhale or emit Effluvia to a certain space all around 'em.",
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          "text": "When a philosopher adopted fully the Nominalist view of the signification of general language, retaining along with it the dictum de omni as the foundation of all reasoning, two such premisses fairly put together were likely, if he was a consistent thinker, to land him in rather startling conclusions.",
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          "text": "As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, ſo I could not be content now, but I muſt go and leave the happy View I had of being a rich and thriving Man in my new Plantation, only to purſue a raſh and immoderate Deſire of riſing faſter than the Nature of the Thing admitted; and thus I caſt my ſelf down again into the deepeſt Gulph of human Miſery that ever Man fell into, or perhaps could be conſiſtent with Life and a State Health of in the World.",
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          "text": "When I do myself the honour of speaking to you next on the subject, I shall hope to receive a more favourable answer than you have now given me; though I am far from accusing you of cruelty at present, because I know it to be the established custom of your sex to reject a man on the first application, and perhaps you have even now said as much to encourage my suit as would be consistent with the true delicacy of the female character.",
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          "ref": "2012 January, Steven Sloman, “The Battle between Intuition and Deliberation [review of Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) by Daniel Kahneman]”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 2012-01-08, page 74:",
          "text": "Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that \"nudges\" our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.",
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          "text": "Part of establishing a foundation for geometry was demonstrating that the axioms were consistent – that they could never lead to contradictions.",
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      "roman": "hetewoġakan",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "of a regularly occurring, dependable nature",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "of a regularly occurring, dependable nature",
      "word": "עקבי ikví"
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      "sense": "of a regularly occurring, dependable nature",
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      "sense": "of a regularly occurring, dependable nature",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of a regularly occurring, dependable nature",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sǎvmestim",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "compatible, accordant",
      "word": "stimmig"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "compatible, accordant",
      "word": "konsisten"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "compatible, accordant",
      "word": "coerente"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "compatible, accordant",
      "word": "conforme"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "согласо́ванный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "соотве́тствующий"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "compatible, accordant",
      "word": "phù hợp"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "compatible, accordant",
      "word": "thích hợp"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "neprotivorečiv",
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      "word": "непротиворечив"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
      "word": "consistent"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
      "word": "一貫的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīguàn de",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "consistente"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
      "word": "תואם toém"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "not logically contradictory",
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