consistent

Definitions

1. Coherent, consistent.
2. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
3. Compatible, accordant.
4. Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Equivalents

17 more languages

العربيةمتسق

Bosanskidosledandosljedanдоследандосљедан+ 1 more

Češtinabezespornýkonzistentnízásadový

Ελληνικάσυνεπής

Suomiehjäkonsistenttimukainenristiriidatontasainentasalaatuinenyhdenmukainenyhtäpitäväyhtenäinen+ 6 more

Hrvatskidosledandosljedanдоследандосљедан+ 1 more

Bahasa Indonesiakimpalkonsekuentaat asas

Italianocompatibileconformecontinuocostante+ 1 more

日本語常透徹

Latinaaequabilisconsentiensconsto

Polskikonsekwentnyspójnyzborny

Portuguêsconsistente

Српскиdosledandosljedanдоследандосљедан+ 1 more

Svenskaförenligkonsekventsamstämmig

Türkçeberdevamistikrarlı

Українськапослідовнийсумісний

Tiếng Việtnhất quán

Examples

“The consistent use⟳ of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.”

“He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!”

“That author [Mr. Boyle] has a particular Eſſay of the Atmoſphere of Conſiſtent Bodies; wherein he ſhews, that all, even ſolid, hard, ponderous, and fix'd Bodies, do exhale or emit Effluvia to a certain space all around 'em.”

“When a philosopher adopted fully the Nominalist view⟳ of the signification of general language, retaining along with it the dictum de omni as the foundation of all reasoning, two such premisses fairly put⟳ together were likely, if he was a consistent thinker, to land⟳ him in rather startling conclusions.”

“As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, ſo I could not be content now, but I muſt go and leave⟳ the happy View⟳ I had of being a rich and thriving Man in my new Plantation, only to purſue a raſh and immoderate Deſire of riſing faſter than the Nature of the Thing admitted; and thus I caſt my ſelf down again into the deepeſt Gulph of human Miſery that ever Man fell into, or perhaps could be conſiſtent with Life and a State Health of in the World.”

“When I do myself the honour of speaking to you next on the subject, I shall hope⟳ to receive⟳ a more favourable answer⟳ than you have⟳ now given me; though I am far from accusing you of cruelty at present⟳, because I know⟳ it to be the established custom of your sex to reject⟳ a man on the first application, and perhaps you have⟳ even now said as much to encourage⟳ my suit⟳ as would be consistent with the true delicacy of the female character.”

“Libertarian paternalism is the view⟳ that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose⟳, society should present⟳ options in a way that "nudges" our intuitive selves to make⟳ choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have⟳ chosen if they were in control⟳.”

“When we ask⟳ whether ideas or terms are consistent or inconsistent with each other, the question⟳ really is, in what manner the relation presupposed between the ideas qualifies them for being combined as terms of a judgment.”

“Part of establishing a foundation for geometry was demonstrating that the axioms were consistent – that they could never lead⟳ to contradictions.”

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