- present tense form of consist (3rd person singular).
consists
Example Sentences
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The gut microbiome consists of the enormous community of bacteria and other microorganisms that inhabit the digestive system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The deal consists of $1.95 billion in cash and about 33.3 million newly issued Energy Transfer common units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It consists of 20 questions, each scoring between zero and two, with a maximum score of 40.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Nobel Prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and a cheque for around $1.2 million, to be shared if there is more than one laureate in each discipline.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
For Descartes the material world consists of divisible corpuscles.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
