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consistent

Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪs.tənt/

The English word “consistent” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
  2. Compatible, accordant.
  3. Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

noun

  1. Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
  2. A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

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…

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