Consistent

Definition: Consistent

Consistent

Adjective

1. (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR.

2. Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation".

3. Capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained".

4. The same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "consistent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references)

Etymology: Consistent \Con*sist"ent\, adjective. [Latin expression consistens, p. pr.: compare to the French expression consistant.]. (references)

Statistics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Consistent

Agreement

Adjective: agreeing, suiting; Verb: in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; Noun: at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.

Uniformity

Adjective: uniform; homogeneous, homologous;of a piece, consistent, connatural; monotonous, even, invariable; regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying.

Crosswords: Consistent

French (consist, consistent), Romanian (consistent, consistently, hearty, solid, substantial).

I just don't see inserting a plug in your head being consistent with that ideology (The Newsroom; writing credit: Ken Finkleman)

You've got to hand it to him. He didn't have it fixed, which I guess is consistent with his anti-abortion, pro-chin ideology (The Newsroom; writing credit: Ken Finkleman)

Skin samples from under the women's fingernails are consistent with Ed's (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami)

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Books

• Consistent Ethic of Life (reference)

• Consistent Overcomer, The (reference)

• Consistent Quantum Theory (reference)

• Evaluating Books: What Would Thomas Jefferson Think About This?: Guidelines for Selecting Books Consistent With the Principles of America's Founder) (reference)

• How Dow Chemical Provides a Consistent Face to the Customer [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Firm Fair & Consistent (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Consistent Tennis Wins V: The Ability to Swing (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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An ARS scientist clanged the way that fermented meats like pepperoni and Genoa salami are made. He found that a bacterial starter stimulates faster, more consistent fermentation than traditional methods and guarantees a better product. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The freedom of a man at years of discretion, and the subjection of a child to his parents, whilst yet short of that age, are so consistent, and so distinguishable, that the most blinded contenders for monarchy, by right of fatherhood, cannot miss this difference; the most obstinate cannot but allow their consistency: for were their doctrine all true, were the right heir of Adam now known, and by that title settled a monarch in his throne, invested with all the absolute unlimited power Sir R[obert] F[ilmer] talks of; if he should die as soon as his heir were born, must not the child, notwithstanding he were never so free, never so much sovereign, be in subjection to his mother and nurse, to tutors and governors, till age and education brought him reason and ability to govern himself and others? The necessities of his life, the health of his body, and the information of his mind, would require him to be directed by the will of others, and not his own; and yet will any one think, that this restraint and subjection were inconsistent with, or spoiled him of that liberty or sovereignty he had a right to, or gave away his empire to those who had the government of his nonage? This government over him only prepared him the better and sooner for it. (Second Treatise of Government)

The Members of the League recognise that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations. (reference)

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Now, however, I see nothing in it but a very natural and consistent degree of discretion

The artist people is thus the consistent people

But I thought it more consistent with prudence and justice to pass the remainder of my days with my wife and family

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Health

Consistent followup is unlikely. (references)

But there are no consistent rules. (references)

However, none of these treatments has shown any consistent benefit. (references)

Business

China’s main tire manufacturers all use imported accelerants because of their consistent levels of quality. (references)

Tiles have more consistent shading than that found in stone, and this has been a factor in the popularity of tiles. (references)

In order to avoid further price cuts, device suppliers will need to keep prices consistent among different levels of dealers or clients. (references)

Children

Argentina

More buses and trains also are accessible by persons with disabilities, consistent with legislation passed in December 2000. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mozambique

All evidenced consistent bias in favor of their shareholders. (references)

Burma

There appear to be no consistent criteria governing whether a person's religion is indicated on his or her identification card. (references)

Discrimination

Kazakhstan

No one may be subjected to any discrimination for reasons of origin, social position, occupation, property status, sex, race, nationality, language, attitude to religion, convictions, place of residence, or any other circumstances;" however, the Government does not enforce this provision effectively on a consistent basis. (references)

Economic History

Czech Rep

Policy frameworks are consistent with market economy. (references)

El Salvador

Accounting systems are generally consistent with international norms. (references)

Human Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

Sentencing in military courts is consistent with that in criminal courts. (references)

Haiti

Persons who reported such abuse often had visible injuries consistent with the alleged maltreatment. (references)

Romania

A subsequent medical evaluation by a hospital indicated that his injuries were consistent with being beaten. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

It remains to be seen whether the law is TRIPS consistent. (references)

FINLAND

Patent rights are consistent with the international standards. (references)

PERU

Copyrights: Peru's Copyright Law is generally consistent with the TRIPS Agreement. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

There were more than 20,000 complaints nationwide, a number that is fairly consistent with previous elections in the country. (references)

Singapore

Often these means are fully consistent with the law and the normal prerogatives of government, but the overall effect (and, many argue, ultimate purpose) is to disadvantage and weaken the political opposition. (references)

Zimbabwe

The President also exerts great influence on the process by which the country's chiefs (traditional rulers) select 10 of their number to sit as M.P.'s. All 30 of these M.P.'s have been consistent ZANU-PF members. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

In other words, ISO 9000 is designed to ensure a consistent level of product quality. (references)

Brazil

This would raise questions about whether Brazil's regime is consistent with its obligations under the WTO. (references)

Switzerland

In recent years, Swiss agricultural policy has been reformed in order to be consistent with international (WTO) commitments. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

Enforcement of this insurance requirement is not consistent. (references)

Finland

Finnish food is consistent to produce that is in season, which provides an array of berries, mushrooms, seafood etc. (references)

Dominican Rep

Business appointments are generally required, but punctuality is not a consistent part of Dominican business practices. (references)

Women

Yemen

However, enforcement of this requirement is not consistent. (references)

Burma

Women do not receive equal pay for equal work on a consistent basis. (references)

Congo

In practice sometimes consistent with customary law, women are denied these rights. (references)

Worker Rights

Hong Kong

These figures are roughly consistent with prior years. (references)

New Zealand

The Government contends that the ERA of 2000 is consistent with ILO conventions. (references)

Cambodia

Law enforcement agencies have authority to combat child prostitution, but do not do so in a sustained, consistent manner. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "consistent": be consistent with ♦ be consistent with smb. ♦ consistent policy ♦ consistent with. Additional references.

Ending with "consistent": schema-consistent.

Albanian

në përputhje, konsekuent (consequent), i qëndrueshëm (abiding, constant, durable, enduring, evergreen, fast, firm, Hardy, indissoluble, lasting, lingering, perdurable, permanent, persistent, resistant, settled, stabilized, stable, steady, surefooted, unalterable, unswerving), i pajtueshëm (compatible, consonant, reconcilable). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملائم (acceptable, accordant, adapted, adequate, advantageous, agreeable, agreeing, appropriate, apt, becoming, click, compatible, concordant, conformable, conforming, congruent, congruous, consonant, convenient, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, fit, fitting, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, matching, opportune, proper, propitious, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏متين (able bodied, durable, enduring, firm, lasting, robust, safe, secure, solid, sound, stabile, staunch, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough), ‏متماسك (coherent, cohesive, concrete, solid, tenacious), ‏متناغم (agreeably, compatible, congruous, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, rhythmic, symphonic), ‏متناسق (coordinated, harmonic, methodical, regular, symmetric, symmetrical, systematic), ‏متسق (harmonious, proportionate, regular), ‏ثابت على مبدأ. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвместим (compatible, conformable, reconcilable), верен на принципите си, логичен (logical, necessary, reasonable, sequacious, sound, valid), последователен (coherent, consecutive, running, sequacious, serial, successive, true blue), плътен (closely-knit, compact, compacted, dense, fruity, open, orotund, resonant, rich, rotund, round, solid, sonorous, stiff, thick). (various references)

Chinese 

一貫 (constant), 一致 (Accordant, Coincident, Concord, Concordant, Concurrent, Conform, Conformed, Conforming, Congruence, Congruent). (various references)

Czech

stejný (alike, coequal, equal, even, identical, like, one, parallel, same, tantamount, uniform), souhlasný (approving, concordant, homologous, sympathetic), pevný (adamant, compact, concrete, deep-seated, durable, energetic, fast, firm, fixed, good, hard set, hardwearing, heavy duty, immovable, ingrained, meaty, proof, resilient, resolute, secure, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding, valid), nemìnný (changeless, static, unchangeable, unconverted), dùsledný. (various references)

Danish

konsistent. (various references)

Dutch

consequent (action part, consequent, right-hand side). (various references)

Esperanto

konsekvenca, kohera (coherent, connected). (various references)

Farsi 

نامتناقض , استوار (Constant, Firm, Immovable, Secure, Sound, Stable, Steadfast, Steady, Steel, Sure, Tenacious), ثابت قدم (Constant, Resolute, Staunchstanch, Steadfast, Unflinching). (various references)

Finnish

yhtenäinen (connected, continuous, homogeneous, uniform), yhteensopiva (compatible), yhdenmukainen (analogous, symmetric, uniform), mukainen (compatible, in accordance with), konsistentti, johdonmukainen. (various references)

French

cohérent (coherent, connected). (various references)

German

folgerichtig (congruously, consequential, logical, logically, sequentially), vereinbar (compatible), konsistent (solid), konsequent (close, consequential, consequently, consistently, tight), einheitlich (coherent, consistently, integrative, standard, unified, uniform, uniformly, unitary, unrelieved). (various references)

Greek 

συνεπήσ (consequent), συνεπής (dependable, punctual, reliable), σταθερόσ (abiding, constant, equable, firm, fixed, hard, permanent, set, stable, stanch, standard, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, unfaltering), σταθερός (enduring, firm, stable, steady). (various references)

Hebrew 

עקיב (consequential, pertinacious), עקבי (cohere, logical). (various references)

Hungarian

következetes (coherent, connected, consequent), sűrű (bushy, chunky, serried, slurry, sticky oil, stiff, thicket). (various references)

Indonesian

tetap (adamant, constant, inveterate, keep, permanent, remain), teguh (firmed, unmoved), konsekuen. (various references)

Italian

costante (abiding, changeless, constant, continual, even, faithful, permanent, steadfast, steady, sustained, true), corrispondente (correspondent, corresponding, reporter), consistente (solid, substantial), coerente (coherent), logico (logical, logically, logician, sound, tenable), in armonia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

首尾一貫した. (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅびいっかんした, しゅびいっかん (unchanging from beginning to end), しゅうし (autumnal melancholy, beginning and end, cessation, compilation of a history, doing a thing from beginning to end, from beginning to end, income and expenditure, lonely feeling of fall, Masters degree program, sect, stop, tenetsof a religious sect, termination), つじつまのあった (coherent). (various references)

Korean 

일관하는. (various references)

Manx

resoonagh (coherent, judicious, logical, moderate, rational, reasonable, reasoner, remonstrative, sensible, tidy). (various references)

Pig Latin

onsistentcay.(various references)

Portuguese

consistente (solid, stable, strong). (various references)

Romanian

consistent (consistently, hearty, solid, substantial), consecvent (consequent, consistently, purposeful), potrivit cu (applicable, by, congruent with, consentaneous, in accordance with, in keeping with). (various references)

Russian 

последовательный (coherent, consecutive, consequent, logical, running, sequacious, sequential, serial, successional, true blue, true-blue). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

konzistentan, dosledan (consecutive, consequent, consequential). (various references)

Spanish

consistente (consistency, partial correctness), consecuente (consequent, logic, logical, Sequent, sequential). (various references)

Swedish

konsekvent (consistently), förenlig (agreeable, compatible). (various references)

Turkish

uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), tutarlı (coherent, logical), sürekli (abiding, assiduous, chronic, consistently, constant, continual, continuous, continuum, durable, enduring, everlasting, habitual, hourly, imprescriptible, incessant, invariable, lasting, non-stop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, running, secular, settled, standing, steady, sustained, unabating, unceasing, unremitting), kalıcı (lasting, lingering, perdurable, perennial, permanent, persistent, residual, stable), istikrarlı (stable, steady, strong), bağıntılı (correlative, relative). (various references)

Turkmen 

yzygideri (successively), kanagatly. (various references)

Ukrainian

сумісний (compatible, consonant, reconcilable), установчий (constituent, constitutive, institutive), твердий (callous, choky, coriaceous, crisp, crusty, deep-seated, firm, hard, hard and fast, resolute, settled, solid, staunch, steadfast, stern, strong, tough), відповідний (accordant, adequate, agreeable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, coincident, coincidental, commensurate, concordant, conformable, congruent, congruous, correspondent, corresponding, fit, homologous, mutual, pertinent, proper, relational, relative, respective, suitable, worthy), послідовний (consecutive, consequent, gradual, sequacious, true blue). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trước sau như một (consistently, unswerving), thích hợp kiên định, đặc (compact, crass, unmitigated). (various references)

Welsh

cyson (constant). (various references)

consentiens, consentientes, consequens, consequenti, continuus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "consistent": consistently. (additional references)

Words ending with "consistent": inconsistent. (additional references)

Words containing "consistent": inconsistently. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Consistent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consistant, consistens, consistentia, consisteth, consistuent, consitant, cosistent, onsistent, sensissent. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tinstones.

-2 letters: consents, contents, contests, scotties, sections, stenotic, stoniest, tennists, tensions, tinstone, tonetics, tontines.

-3 letters: cession, conines, consent, consist, content, contest, cosiest, cosines, incests, insects, intents, intones, nosiest, notices, oscines, scottie, section, sennits, sonnets, sonnies, tennist, tension, testons, tocsins, tonetic, toniest, tontine.

-4 letters: centos, cestoi, cestos, conies, conine, conins, contes, cosets, cosies, cosine, cosset.

+1 letter: discontents.

+2 letters: consistently, constituents, contriteness, inconsistent, nonscientist, transections.

+3 letters: contestations, counterstains, encrustations, intersections, necessitation, nonscientists, nonsystematic, stonecuttings, subcontinents, transfections.

+4 letters: constellations, consternations, constituencies, contritenesses, ethnocentrisms, inconsistently, introspections, necessitations, neuroscientist.

+5 letters: antiobscenities, conservationist, contentiousness, deconstructions, disconcertments, discontentments, discontinuities, insurrectionist, intussusception, neuroscientists, nonobjectivists, reconstitutions, reconstructions, supercontinents.