consist of
phrasal verbconsist of somebody/something
- to be formed from the people or things mentioned
- The committee consists of ten members.
- The exhibition consists of a series of photographs that he took between 1915 and 1939.
- Their diet consisted largely of vegetables.
- to consist mainly/mostly of somebody/something
- Their conversation consisted almost entirely of gossip.
- a gas station that basically consists of two gas pumps and a vending machine
- The ploughman's is a simple meal consisting of cheese, bread and pickles.
- consist of doing something The fieldwork consisted of counting the number of species in each section of the shoreline.
Synonyms consist of somebody/somethingconsist of somebody/somethingcomprise ▪ be composed of somebody/somethingThese words all mean to be formed from the things or people mentioned.consist of somebody/something to be formed from the people, things or activities mentioned:- Their diet consists largely of vegetables.
- The collection comprises 327 paintings.
- Around 15 per cent of our diet is composed of protein.
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