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consist in en · VERB

Meanings

1. To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.
   • It is that contact between the mind and things does not consist, at any level, in perceptions of simple data or in associations of such unities, but always consists in apprehensions of more or less “structured” complexes. 1953, Jean Piaget, Origin of Intelligence in the Child, published 2013:
   • Tolerance consists in respecting other people’s opinions.
   • When you read their writings, life appears to consist in a warm sun and a garden of roses, — in the smiles and frowns of a fair enemy, and the fire that consumes your own heart. 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:

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consist of

Translations (6)

fr consister en (have the thing mentioned as only or most important part) · cmn 重点在于 (have the thing mentioned as only or most important part) · cs spočívat (have the thing mentioned as only or most important part) · ru заключа́ться (have the thing mentioned as only or most important part) · pl polegać na (have the thing mentioned as only or most important part) · ru состоя́ть (have the thing mentioned as only or most important part)