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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

consistência

Pronunciation / Transliteration: consistência

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Consistency/kənˈsɪs.tən.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A consistência do trabalho foi elogiada."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or fact of staying the same, especially over a period of time; the way in which a substance holds together, such as thickness or firmness.

    "We need to ensure consistency in our approach to customer service."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'consistentia', stemming from 'consistere' meaning 'to stand firm, halt, or exist', combining 'com-' (together) and 'sistere' (to cause to stand). In late Middle English and early Modern English, it evolved from describing physical density or thickness into denoting logical coherence, steady reliability, and uniformity of action.

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