CONSISTENT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of consistent in English consistentadjective uk /kənˈsɪs.tənt/ us /kənˈsɪs.tənt/

consistent adjective (NOT CHANGING)

Add to word list Add to word list C2 always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way: There has been a consistent improvement in her attitude. Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is she's not consistent. Opposite inconsistent (CHANGING) staying the same

• constantCheck to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature.
• the sameYou look exactly the same as you did ten years ago!
• same old same oldThe Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old.
• unchangingHis novel is about the unchanging nature of humanity.
• unchangeableThe company's position on the matter is absolute and unchangeable.

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• There has been a consistent increase in burglaries round here.
• His performance on the pitch is far from consistent.
• He produces work of a consistent high quality.

Keeping and staying the same

• anti-progressive
• calcification
• calcify
• consistency
• continuum
• diffusible
• hover
• inveteracy
• kept
• leave well alone idiom
• left
• level off phrasal verb
• peg
• stabilize
• stably
• stay
• steadfast
• steadfastly
• wallow
• wouldn't have it any other way idiom

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consistent adjective (AGREEING)

C2 [ after verb ] in agreement with other facts or with typical or previous behaviour, or having the same principles as something else: consistent with What the witness said in court was not consistent with the statement he made to the police. We do not consider his behaviour to be consistent with the holding of a high-ranking job.

• The figures are not consistent with his argument.
• His remarks are not consistent with the role of a head teacher.
• Her version of events is not consistent with the evidence.

Balance and imbalance

• accord with something phrasal verb
• align
• balance (something) out/up phrasal verb
• balance of power
• balanced
• harmony
• imbalance
• in accord with someone/something
• in harmony
• inharmonious
• non-symmetrical
• nonequilibrium
• off balance
• on an even keel idiom
• one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
• unbalance
• unharmonious
• unsaturated
• well balanced
• well rounded

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consistently (Definition of consistent from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

consistent | American Dictionary

consistentadjective us /kənˈsɪs·tənt/

consistent adjective (NOT VARYING)

Add to word list Add to word list always happening or behaving in a similar way: The president has been remarkably consistent on economic issues.

consistent adjective (AGREEING)

agreeing with something said or done previously: The witness’s story is consistent with the police report. (Definition of consistent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of consistent

consistent There is no statistical evidence of a consistent yield trend of rice or wheat with time. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nondeterminism can also remain right down to the implementation level, where any consistent value may be returned. From the Cambridge English Corpus That is, there is a commonality of effect consistent with this region's role in the integration of sound and meaning. From the Cambridge English Corpus This account of the developmental differences is consistent with other studies of children's lexical and phonological representations. From the Cambridge English Corpus The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that weaknesses in specific phonemic representations linger even after children can articulate the specific phonemes accurately. From the Cambridge English Corpus The formal models that are consistent with a critical period rely on innate representations of abstract structure. From the Cambridge English Corpus This difference is consistent with the known effects of dopamine upon the size of the receptive fields of retinal horizontal cells. From the Cambridge English Corpus This pattern of correlated activity is consistent with a refinement of cor tical receptive fields. From the Cambridge English Corpus Responses to fluctuating temperatures are consistent among seeds of many species, but the physiological mechanisms underlying such responses are still unknown. From the Cambridge English Corpus The results are consistent with our expectation that long periods of care-giving predict lower levels of depressive symptoms in widowhood. From the Cambridge English Corpus The findings of the present 5-year longitudinal study are consistent with this theoretical claim. From the Cambridge English Corpus Although these findings are novel, they are consistent with those of related theoretical analyses. From the Cambridge English Corpus Overall, the empirical findings seem consistent with the first assumption of structural description models, but some doubts remain. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is consistent with the contraction of the regional system and a reduction in the production of export goods. From the Cambridge English Corpus The insignificant tax base effect is not consistent with the hypothesis for this variable. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of consistent?

Translations of consistent

in Chinese (Traditional) 不變的, 一貫的, 堅持的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 不变的, 一贯的, 坚持的… See more in Spanish constante, coherente, uniforme [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese coerente, constante, consistente [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian सातत्यपुर्ण, सुसंगत… See more 変わらない, 一貫（いっかん）した, 一致（いっち）する… See more tutarlı, istikrarlı, uyumlu… See more constant/-ante, régulier/-ière, homogène… See more constant, coherent… See more verenigbaar, consequent… See more எப்போதும் இதேபோன்ற, குறிப்பாக நேர்மறையான வழியில் நடந்துகொள்வது அல்லது நடப்பது, பிற உண்மைகளுடன் அல்லது வழக்கமான அல்லது முந்தைய நடத்தையுடன் உடன்படுதல்… See more (प्रायः सकारात्मक) निरंतर, एक सा, समनुरूप… See more એકધારું-સતત, સુસંગત… See more i overensstemmelse med, konsistent, konsekvent… See more överensstämmande, förenlig, konsekvent… See more sejajar, tekal… See more vereinbar, gleichmäßig… See more konsekvent, stabil, overensstemmende… See more ٹھوس, مضبوط, مسلسل… See more погоджений, сумісний, послідовний… See more ఒకేలాంటి, ముఖ్యంగా సానుకూలమైన, మార్గంలో ఎల్లప్పుడూ ప్రవర్తించడం లేక జరుగడం… See more সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ, সংগতিপূর্ণ… See more shodný (s), důsledný, pevný… See more sesuai, teguh, tetap… See more ที่สอดคล้องกัน, เหมือนอย่างที่เคยเป็น… See more phù hợp, nhất quán… See more konsekwentny, zgodny… See more 일관성 있는… See more costante, coerente, compatibile… See more Need a translator?

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  • Adjective 
    • consistent (NOT CHANGING)
    • consistent (AGREEING)
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  • Adjective 
    • consistent (NOT VARYING)
    • consistent (AGREEING)
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