consistent
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
Example
“The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.”
Other meanings
Compatible, accordant.
Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
Related words
- consistently
- equiconsistent
- nonconsistent
- paraconsistent
- photoconsistent
- selfconsistent
- sparsistent
- unconsistent
- consistent life ethic
- consistify
- self-consistent
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "consistens" (cōnsistēntem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “consistent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.