Tra từ consistent - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

con‧sis‧tent S3 W3 AC /kənˈsɪstənt/ adjective
[date : 1500-1600; Language : Latin; Origin : present participle of consistere; ⇨ consist]
1. always behaving in the same way or having the same attitudes, standards etc – usually used to show approval OPP inconsistent:
　 ▪ She’s the team’s most consistent player.
consistent in
　 ▪ We need to be consistent in our approach.

2. continuing to happen or develop in the same way:
　 ▪ a consistent improvement in the country’s economy

3. a consistent argument or idea does not have any parts that do not match other parts OPP inconsistent:
　 ▪ The evidence is not consistent.

4. be consistent with something
if a fact, idea etc is consistent with another one, it seems to match it:
　 ▪ Her injuries are consistent with having fallen from the building.
　 ▪ The results are consistent with earlier research.

—consistently adverb:
　 ▪ consistently high performance

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
also
▪ They were also consistent throughout his life.
▪ The address on the insurance policy was also consistent with the premises being Capricorn's established business premises.
▪ Our data are also consistent with observations in man that mucosal proliferation is increased in patients with large adenomas or cancer.
▪ It is also consistent with the type of situation which was almost never recalled - going straight ahead past a minor road.
as
▪ Place them in similar positions in your new home so that the growing conditions remain as consistent as possible.
▪ The former University of Miami star has been as consistent as ever.
▪ They just aren't as consistent as they should be.
▪ That is already about half a percentage point lower than the rate many analysts and policy-makers regard as consistent with stable inflation.
▪ Nick has become as consistent as any batter in the Championship.
entirely
▪ Such a suggestion is, of course, entirely consistent with the ideas about the function of grammar as outlined in this chapter.
▪ To the extent that this is true, it is entirely consistent with the history of child psychiatry in this country.
▪ This picture is therefore entirely consistent with the material being an over-heated frit which has been discarded.
▪ Through all this confusion, few individuals remained entirely consistent.
▪ Bourdieu is not entirely consistent in his assessment of just what this autonomy is from.
fairly
▪ Three quick examples give what is a fairly consistent flavour.
▪ URLs follow a fairly consistent pattern.
▪ Such a conclusion is fairly consistent with findings in more conventional community studies.
▪ When asked directly what were their visions of Howdendyke's future, interviewees made fairly consistent replies.
▪ There has been a fairly consistent finding in such studies that this does tend to be the case.
more
▪ This is because the end is more consistent than the means.
▪ Fortunately for the Cowboys, Irvin has been more consistent on the field than off.
▪ Delegates also called for increased formal training to help achieve higher and more consistent standards.
▪ They may also insist that the other spouse change their behaviour so that it would be more consistent with their own.
▪ With greater productivity will come a more consistent product, improved site safety and reduced emissions.
▪ The text provides an interesting mix of wilderness appreciation and tips on how to attain more consistent results.
▪ According to the official blurb, it means more consistent and comfortable shifting with improved performance and fuel economy.
▪ On histological review, it was felt that these two tumours were more consistent with hepatocellular carcinoma than cholangiocarcinoma.
most
▪ Among these hypokalaemia is the most consistent and important finding, and its magnitude correlates well with the concurrent serum theophylline concentration.
▪ In the past, Strug has not been the most consistent performer.
▪ This shape matrix was then compared to a stored dictionary of words to find the word most consistent with the shape information.
▪ His most consistent phrase was that he wants to accomplish in Washington what the governors have done in their states.
▪ The most consistent feature of the Commonwealth idea, at all stages of its development, was the principle of consent.
▪ His death was a promise broken, the loss of the most consistent witness to her life as an artist.
▪ The Labour Party gains its most consistent successes in London and the other major cities.
▪ Roy is the Ducks' high scorer this season and probably the most consistent player on the team.
remarkably
▪ Yet the way men define their role has remained remarkably consistent.
▪ They produced a remarkably consistent sound for the revolving-door group.
▪ Despite differences in dosage and length of treatment, the results are remarkably consistent.
▪ More than a decade of performance and change has demonstrated a remarkably consistent, if counterintuitive, phenomenon.
▪ In this study there was a remarkably consistent proximal small intestinal enteropathy of mild to moderate severity.
▪ Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were remarkably consistent for both Maori and non-Maori populations within New Zealand.
▪ Discussion of Judgment Results Subjects appeared to make judgments which were remarkably consistent with those given when actually driving.
very
▪ The hens also appeared to be very consistent in their decisions, with individual birds choosing the same nest day after day.
▪ When Miles and Evan were little, John and I were very consistent in putting them down for an hour-long afternoon nap.
▪ But in social time and social space we make just such distinctions and we do so in a very consistent way.
▪ However the quantities derived from these parameters, which relate to biologically meaningful quantities, are very consistent.
▪ He only won once as a novice but was very consistent.
▪ Such mechanisation produces very consistent results throughout the year, but the cheeses often lack the authentic flavour of handmade varieties.
▪ Also the counts for card subjects of known area are very consistent.
NOUN
basis
▪ We have not shown the ability to sell 15, 000-seat shows on a consistent basis.
▪ The key is to be able to do it on a consistent basis.
pattern
▪ The community that showed the most stable and consistent patterns of gender-differentiation was the East Belfast Ballymacarrett community.
▪ Looking at the results for length of the pendulum string, one observes a consistent pattern.
▪ Within each type of disability there is a consistent pattern of the prevalence rate increasing with age.
▪ Does it give your body rhythm a consistent pattern?
▪ Despite this, some consistent patterns have been established.
▪ URLs follow a fairly consistent pattern.
▪ Fairly consistent patterns are evident in the location of the volcanic activity with respect to the fringing trench.
▪ But such a consistent pattern of behaviour suggests a cause beyond the range of personal explanations offered by the women themselves.
result
▪ What you should look for is evidence of good, consistent results over a period of 10 to 20 years.
▪ The text provides an interesting mix of wilderness appreciation and tips on how to attain more consistent results.
▪ Objective probability applies to those events which have been tested previously and found to come up with consistent results.
▪ It is always the case that averaging over tens of trials is necessary to give consistent results, particularly with endogenous ERPs.
▪ Artificial expertise produces more consistent results than does human expertise.
▪ Such mechanisation produces very consistent results throughout the year, but the cheeses often lack the authentic flavour of handmade varieties.
▪ The W algorithm was designed to be more breadth-first, and more consistent results were expected regardless of the input conditions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Judges must be firm, fair and consistent in their application of the law.
▪ She is one of the most consistent players on the tennis circuit.
▪ Teaching by example has been a consistent theme in his work.
▪ To secure our future, we need a consistent economic strategy.
▪ Until the second quarter of this year, the company had been showing consistent growth.
▪ We've seen a consistent improvement in the team's performance.
▪ We need a quarterback who is consistent game after game.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A company that manufactures photocopiers obviously holds to a descriptive core belief consistent with this empirical reality.
▪ At home he shows consistent management problems.
▪ Even here, there was consistent fear of anything that threatened to shake up the status quo.
▪ How do you find a reasonable and consistent thread of explanation through this?
▪ Not all political analysts are consistent in how they employ these concepts.
▪ One of the first kennels to establish itself as a consistent winner in the show ring was the Tankerville Kennel.
▪ Why would they suddenly become a consistent team now, when the opponents start getting tougher?
▪ Yet the way men define their role has remained remarkably consistent.