Definitions for consist

consist con·sist

Spelling: [verb kuh n-sist; noun
IPA: /verb kənˈsɪst; noun ˈkɒn sɪst/

Consist is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in consist (cinosst).

Definitions for consist

noun

  1. Railroads. the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train. a record made of this rolling stock.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be made up or composed (usually followed by of):
  2. to be comprised or contained (usually followed by in):
  3. Archaic. to exist together or be capable of existing together.
  4. Obsolete. to insist; urge.

Origin of consist

1520-30; Latin consistere to stand together, stand firm, equivalent to con- con- + sistere to cause to stand, reduplicative v. akin to stāre to s

Examples for consist

“Yes, there are dissidents and maybe they consist of one percent or two percent of the population,” he told PBS in 1999.

It was said to consist of twenty-four sail of the line, six frigates, and three sloops.

But households are not only made up of children; they consist of—in fact they are run by—adults.

The challenge will consist of three seven-man teams from the UK, Commonwealth and USA – each with four wounded team members.

Though the rings look solid, they consist of a huge number of icy particles that reflect sunlight back.

It does not consist of ingenuity limited, but merely of inanity expanded.

Arnold said her ten plaintiffs are just the ones they named, and she “expects the class to consist of over 100,000 people.”

For in intellectual perfection the highest good should consist.

Of what two parts does the Bible consist, and how far do they reach?

They consist of three groups, and there are, in all, about eighty pyramids.

Word Value for consist
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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