consistent

consistent
01. Louise is a [consistent] player; we can always count on her to have a good game.
02. Brent is our most [consistent] scorer, averaging at least one goal or assist per game.
03. Your son has been [consistently] late for class for the last two weeks. What's going on?
04. There is a noticeable lack of [consistency] in his work. One day he does really well, and then the next day he can't seem to get anything done.
05. Paul is an [inconsistent] performer; one day he's great, and the next he's terrible.
06. The plans he has set out don't seem [consistent] with our original discussions.
07. Frank has been [consistently] on time every day ever since his boss warned him about being late.
08. Aldous Huxley once remarked that the only completely [consistent] people are the dead.
09. [Consistency] is often the most neglected part of people's efforts to become more fit.
10. This student is [consistently] finished her work before the others in the class.
11. The pollution levels in this area do not fluctuate much, and are [consistently] below the danger level.
12. The number of people who come to the drop-in yoga class is very [inconsistent]. On some days they only have two or three people, and on other days there are over thirty.
13. I'm a little concerned about the [inconsistency] in our sales figures over the last few months.
14. A hypothesis is supported if new data are [consistent] with the prediction of the hypothesis.
15. There are some [inconsistencies] in your essay on corporal punishment that you need to correct.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • consistent — I adjective accordant, agreeing, alike, coherent, cohering, compatible, compliable, concordant, conformable, congruent with, congruous, consonant, constans, conveniens, correspondent, equable, equal, harmonious, logical, not contradictory,… …   Law dictionary

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  • Consistent — Con*sist ent, a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F. consistant.] 1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. [1913 Webster] The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey. [1913 Webster] 2. Having agreement with itself or with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • consistent — [kən sis′tənt] adj. [L consistens, prp. of consistere: see CONSIST] 1. Rare holding together; firm; solid [consistent soil] 2. in agreement or harmony; in accord; compatible [deeds not consistent with his words] 3. holding always to the same… …   English World dictionary

  • consistent — [adj1] constant, regular dependable, even, expected, homogeneous, invariable, logical, of a piece, persistent, rational, same, steady, true, true to type, unchanging, undeviating, unfailing, uniform, unvarying; concept 534 Ant. disagreeing,… …   New thesaurus

  • consistent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) conforming to a regular pattern; unchanging. 2) (usu. consistent with) in agreement. DERIVATIVES consistently adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • Consistent — (v. lat.), fest zusammenhängend, dauerhaft, derb …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • consistent — (adj.) 1570s, standing firm, standing still, from L. consistentem (nom. consistens), prp. of consistere (see CONSIST (Cf. consist)). Modern sense of agreeing (with with) is first attested 1640s. Older sense survives in CONSISTENCY (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • consistent — congruous, *consonant, compatible, congenial, sympathetic Analogous words: conforming or conformable, tallying, jibing, squaring (see corresponding verbs at AGREE): matching, equaling (see MATCH vb): identical, alike, similar, *like Antonyms:… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • consistent — adj. 1 always behaving in the same way VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ Each generation becomes ever more consistent in its thinking. ▪ remain ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

  • consistent — con|sis|tent W3S3 [kənˈsıstənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of consistere; CONSIST] 1.) always behaving in the same way or having the same attitudes, standards etc usually used to show approval ≠ ↑inconsistent ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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