consist

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To be made up of particular parts or things.

   The team consists of five players and two coaches.

2. 2
   verb

   To have something as its main or essential feature.

   True happiness consists in being content with what you have.

From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“to cause to stand, stand”).

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