consistent

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈsɪstənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #6245

Meanings

1

adj
Behaving or happening in the same way over time; dependable.

She is a consistent performer who rarely makes mistakes.
2

adj
In agreement with something else; not contradicting it.

Their testimony was consistent with the known facts.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · behaving or happening in... dependable steady uniform

2 adj · in agreement with something... compatible accordant congruent coherent

Opposites

contradictory incompatible inconsistent

Word family

Derived forms consistentlyconsistifyequiconsistentnonconsistentparaconsistentphotoconsistentself-consistentselfconsistentsparsistentunconsistent

Related forms consist consistence consistency inconsistent

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)”)).

*ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# consistent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kənˈsɪstənt/
**Frequency rank:** 6245

## Meanings
1. Behaving or happening in the same way over time; dependable.
2. In agreement with something else; not contradicting it.

## Examples
- She is a consistent performer who rarely makes mistakes.
- Their testimony was consistent with the known facts.

## Antonyms
- contradictory
- incompatible
- inconsistent

## Derived Forms
- consistently
- consistify
- equiconsistent
- nonconsistent
- paraconsistent
- photoconsistent
- self-consistent
- selfconsistent
- sparsistent
- unconsistent

## Related Forms
- consist
- consistence
- consistency
- inconsistent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱóm
- Root: *stísteh₂ti

## 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)”)).

## AI Etymology
consistent is an adjective and noun. It was 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)”)). Historical forms in the chain include *ḱóm (Proto-Indo-European) and *stísteh₂ti (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include behaving or happening in the same way over time; dependable and in agreement with something else; not contradicting it. Derived forms include consistently, consistify, equiconsistent, nonconsistent, and paraconsistent. Related words include consist, consistence, consistency, and inconsistent.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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