Consistent Results Kənˈsɪstənt Pattern Findings Extra Examples Studies

• a consistent approach to the problem
• a consistent pattern of behaviour
• he has been milan's most consistent player (= who plays well most often) this season.
• she's not very consistent in the way she treats her children.

consistent

1. always behaving in the same way, or having the same opinions, standards, etc.
• a consistent approach to the problem
• a consistent pattern of behaviour
• He has been Milan's most consistent player (= who plays well most often) this season.
• She's not very consistent in the way she treats her children.
• We must be consistent in applying the rules.

Extra Examples

• Each generation becomes ever more consistent in its thinking.
• His attitude isn't absolutely consistent.
• It is desirable that domestic and EU law should be mutually consistent.
2. happening in the same way and continuing for a period of time
• We have had enough of the party's consistent failure to come up with any new policies.
• There has been a pattern of consistent growth in the economy.
• Defence spending levels have remained consistent.
• The Sunday paper failed to sell its target of 30  000 copies a week on a consistent basis.

Extra Examples

• The percentage of personal income paid in taxes stayed fairly consistent across various income levels.
• The pattern is strikingly consistent in the four samples.
• These findings are consistent across all the studies.
• These findings were statistically consistent among studies.
• These results were consistent between genders, and regardless of age and parent education level.
• This is relatively consistent across all age groups.
• These findings appear consistent across racial and ethnic groups.
3. in agreement with something; not contradicting something
• The results are entirely consistent with our earlier research.
• These findings are consistent with other studies.
• injuries consistent with a fall from an upper storey (= similar to those such a fall would have caused)

Extra Examples

• The portrait of Powell in the book is pretty consistent with what everybody knows.
• The figures are fully consistent with last year's results.
• Our results are generally consistent with the results of other analyses.
• The results of this study are surprisingly consistent with previous estimates.
4. having different parts that all agree with each other
• a well-thought-out and consistent argument
• His argument is not even internally consistent.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘consisting or composed of’): from Latin consistent- ‘standing firm or still, existing’, from the verb consistere, from con- ‘together’ + sistere ‘stand (still)’.