Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Agreement; act of agreeing.

    I will give this act my assent.

    согла́сиеsoglásije, одобре́ниеodobrénije, утвержде́ниеutverždénije

    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

  2. (countable)A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Even Tom gave his assent.

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  2. The teacher assented to our plan.

    deDer Lehrer stimmte unserem Plan zu.

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  3. She gave her assent to the match.

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  4. Teenagers grant assent to medical procedures, while parents grant consent.

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  5. He believed her assertion to be simply impossible and assented to the proposal.

    deEr glaubte, dass ihre Aussage einfach unmöglich ist und nahm den Vorschlag an.

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Translations

7 languages
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By meaning 1
agreement, act of agreeing:

Origin

From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and a

From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-).

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Forms

plural: assents
Singularassent
Pluralassents

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • agreement with a statement or proposal to do something:acquiescence

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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