Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. In agreement; compatible: The testimony was consistent with the known facts.
- adj. Being in agreement with itself; coherent and uniform: a consistent pattern of behavior.
- adj. Reliable; steady: demonstrated a consistent ability to impress the critics.
- adj. Mathematics Having at least one common solution, as of two or more equations or inequalities.
- adj. Holding true as a group; not contradictory: a consistent set of statements.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Fixed; firm; solid: as, the consistent parts of a body, distinguished from the fluid.
- Standing together or in agreement; compatible; congruous; uniform; not contradictory or opposed: as. two opinions or schemes are consistent; a law is consistent with justice and humanity.
- Characterized by consistency or harmony; not self-opposed or self-contradictory: as, a consistent life.
- Composed; made up.
Wiktionary
- adj. of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
- adj. logic Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
- n. plural Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
- n. In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
- adj. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.
- adj. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable
- adj. capable of being reproduced
- adj. the same throughout in structure or composition
- adj. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Etymologies
- Latin cōnsistēns, cōnsistent-, present participle of cōnsistere, to stand still; see consist. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The phrase 'consistent employment and good health' rules out Kieron Dyer, who was suggested by Herbie Cullen.”
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“And to ensure that you are using a definition consistent with all of your agency's relevant rules and regulations, turn to your internal HR colleagues for help.”
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“His campaign says, no, they believe Republican voters are still looking for what they call a consistent conservative.”
“I wanted to share with our audience something that one of the president's spokespersons had to say last week about what he calls a consistent pattern of fits being thrown by North Korea -- let's listen.”
“This week's fund screen centers on what we call consistent performers.”
“After all, he created hundreds of stories, working on some simultaneously so I seriously doubt that he could maintain consistent quality in all of them.”
““This” behaves according to certain consistent patterns.”
“The void in consistent leadership has cost the church in other ways — slowing efforts to recruit new congregants in a changing Harlem, a neighborhood ever more populated by young professionals.”
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