Consistent
[kən'sɪst(ə)nt] or [kən'sɪstənt]
Definition
(adj.) (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 .
(adj.) the same throughout in structure or composition; 'bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product' .
Checker: Sabina--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
(a.) Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.
(a.) Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Compatible, suitable, accordant, conformable, uniform, congruous, harmonious, correspondent.
Checker: Neil
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Congruous, accordant, consonant, agreeing, compatible, harmonious
ANT:Incongruous, {at_variance_with}, {not_agreeing_with}, incompatible,inharmonious
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Examples
- Her countenance expressed the deepest sorrow that is consistent with resignation. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If not, say so, for I wish to make things as pleasant as is consistent with my duty, and I've got another pair in my pocket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was wondering whether an explanation of any kind would be consistent with her loyalty to Frederick. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Don't be a fool, Rachael,' interposed Mr. Wardle, rather more roughly than was consistent with the poetic nature of the scene. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The delineation of Socrates in the Republic is not wholly consistent. Plato. The Republic.
- Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My conduct is not very consistent, Betteredge--is it? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Consequently no proposition can be intelligible or consistent with regard to objects, which is not so with regard to perceptions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- As it is, there'll be nothing to bring back but me, and that's quite consistent, for I shan't be brought back, some day! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fanny is the only one who has judged rightly throughout; who has been consistent. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Instead, during our long residence here, he has been uniformly consistent in his role of protector and provider. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I would allow the State to increase so far as is consistent with unity; that, I think, is the proper limit. Plato. The Republic.
- You have already as good as put your hand to the plough: you are too consistent to withdraw it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Madame Beck was a most consistent character; forbearing with all the world, and tender to no part of it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The best men are not consistent in good--why should the worst men be consistent in evil? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I merely wish to say that I do not feel it consistent with my duty to Lady Glyde and to myself to remain any longer in your service. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His kindness to his little cousin was consistent with his situation and rights: he made her some very pretty presents, and laughed at her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I said; I would only ask you to be consistent; or, if you change, change openly and let there be no deception. Plato. The Republic.
- And Plato might also have found that the intuition of evil may be consistent with the abhorrence of it. Plato. The Republic.
- It is impossible, indeed, to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Only a complete whole is fully self-consistent. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A consistent result could be obtained only by sacrificing the modern or the ancient observations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Whether or not social efficiency is an aim which is consistent with culture turns upon these considerations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Scattered and unconnected as they were, I have been obliged to add links, and model the work into a consistent form. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But Dorothea is not always consistent. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Your condition may be consistent with a tolerably comfortable life for another fifteen years, or even more. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Every one can see already what we ought to say about them, if we are to be consistent with ourselves. Plato. The Republic.
- Socrates proceeds: I have now to prove that this scheme is advantageous and also consistent with our entire polity. Plato. The Republic.
- It seems Robin's fame attracted more visitants than was consistent with the growth of the heather, upon a moor worth a shilling an acre. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This system, however, is nor consistent with experience. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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