consist in

English

Verb

consist in (third-person singular simple present consists in, present participle consisting in, simple past and past participle consisted in)

To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.
Tolerance consists in respecting other people’s opinions.

Translations

have the thing mentioned as only or most important part

Chinese:
Mandarin: 重点在于
Czech: spočívat (cs)
French: consister (fr) en
Polish: polegać (pl) na
Russian: заключа́ться (ru) impf (zaključátʹsja), состоя́ть (ru) impf (sostojátʹ)

See also

consist of

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