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consisting of meaning

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  • VerbBFconsist ofSGconsists ofPT, PPconsisted ofPREcon-
    1. present participle of consist of.
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      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Our "music" consisted of a bass-drum, which was tortured by the clown; a fish-horn beautifully played upon by Sam Palmer; a dinner-bell whose din was extracted by Jack Adams.
        • Cryptoviral extortion is a new form of financial terrorism that consists of inserting fragments of malicious code to encipher data rather than damage it in other ways.
        • Microscopic appearances consist of round to spindled cells with tapering cytoplasm arranged in storiform patterns in a collagenous matrix.

    Meaning of consisting of for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "consisting of" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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