Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.

    agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole

  2. (countable, uncountable)General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.

    reach consensus

    After years of debate over the best wine to serve at Thanksgiving, no real consensus has emerged.

    Konsens, Einvernehmen, Einigkeit

    консе́нсусkonsɛ́nsus, согла́сиеsoglásije, единоду́шиеjedinodúšije

    консе́нсусkonsénsus, зго́даzhóda

  3. (countable, uncountable)An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.

  4. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Average projected value.

    a financial consensus forecast

Examples

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  1. There doesn't seem to be any consensus on this.

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  2. Tom is a consensus builder.

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  3. Tom was a consensus builder.

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  4. Can we reach a consensus on this issue?

    Можемо ми досягти згоди з цього питання?

    deKönnen wir bei diesem Problem zu einer Einigung kommen?

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  5. We practice consensus-based decision-making.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel

Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.

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