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.

  2. The teacher assented to our plan.

    deDer Lehrer stimmte unserem Plan zu. — Dani6187

  3. She gave her assent to the match.

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

  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. — Esperantostern

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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