From , from , from com- ("together") + sistō ("I cause to stand, stand").

• enPR: kənsĭst', IPA: /kənˈsɪst/

consist (consists, present participle consisting; simple past and past participle consisted)

1. (obsolete, copulative) To be.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 15, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC ↗:

     Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs?

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To exist.
   • 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book VI”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC ↗, footnote:

     [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.

3. (intransitive, with in) To comprise or contain.
4. (intransitive, with of) To comprise, or to be composed, formed, or constituted of.

   The greeting package consists of some brochures, a pen, and a notepad.

• (to be) See also Thesaurus:exist
• (be composed of) comprise, be composed of

• consistence
• consistency
• consistent
• consistory

• French: consister (of: de), composer (of: de)
• German: (of: aus) bestehen
• Italian: consistere (of: di), comporsi, configurarsi
• Portuguese: consistir
• Russian: состоя́ть
• Spanish: consistir

From consist (verb).

• (British) IPA: /ˈkɒn.sɪst/

consist (plural consists)

1. (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.

   The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.

• (rail transport) rake, (UK) formation

• French: rame
• German: Verband
• Italian: composizione, configurazione, formazione
• Portuguese: composição
• Russian: соста́в
• Spanish: formación