consensus
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of…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.
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» Can we reach a consensus on this issue?
Können wir bei diesem Problem zu einer Einigung kommen? — taltos
Можемо ми досягти згоди з цього питання? — Ahha
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4 senses(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
(attributive, countable, uncountable)Average projected value.
a financial consensus forecast
(countable, uncountable)An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
(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
Origin
Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feelBorrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.
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Forms
plural: consensuses / consensus| Singular | consensus |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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