Another word for consist | Synonyms for consist

Another word for consist

verb

To have an inherent basis:
dwell, exist, inhere, lie¹, repose, reside, rest¹. See start
To be compatible or in correspondence:
accord, agree, check, chime, comport with, conform, correspond, fit¹, harmonize, match, square, tally. (Informal) jibe¹. (Archaic) quadrate. See agree

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The exports consist of coffee, pepper, cardamoms and coco-nuts.
"What does bringing someone in consist of?" she asked.
They consist of five, or at least three, priests nominated by the bishop in and with the advice of the diocesan synod.
The exports consist principally of sugar, cotton, and rum (aguardiente).
The food of this species seems to consist of the seeds and buds of many sorts of trees, though the staple may very possibly be those of some kind of pine.

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