consensus

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kənˈsɛnsəs/
  • Audio (CA)(file)

Noun[edit]

consensus (countable and uncountable, plural consensuses or consensus)

  1. A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
  2. General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
    After years of debate over the best wine to serve at Thanksgiving, no real consensus has emerged.
    reach consensus
  3. (computing) An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
  4. (attributive) Average projected value.
    a financial consensus forecast

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Related terms[edit]

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sent-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Collocations[edit]

Collocations with adjectives
  • general consensus
  • broad consensus
  • universal consensus
  • common consensus
  • clear consensus
  • little consensus
  • popular consensus
  • international consensus
  • political consensus
  • scientific consensus
  • social consensus
  • national consensus
  • scholarly consensus
  • silent consensus
  • unspoken consensus

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Verb[edit]

consensus (third-person singular simple present consensuses, present participle consensusing, simple past and past participle consensused)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement.
    • 1975, United States Bureau of the Census, The Census Bureau, page 168:
      I think we are a strongly consensused society. There was a consensus during the 1950's, the Eisenhower years, in our society. Then in the 1960's came a period of division.
    • 1992, United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment, The Science of Wetland Definition and Delineation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environment of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, November 12, 1991, page 185:
      None of this consensusing was done with the Manual. There were no national workshops, forums, etc.

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus or English consensus, itself borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔnˈsɛn.zʏs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: con‧sen‧sus

Noun[edit]

consensus m (uncountable)

  1. consensus

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Papiamentu: kònsènsùs
  • → Indonesian: konsènsus

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys/, /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.sys/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

consensus m (plural consensus)

  1. consensus

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”), from con- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cōnsēnsus m (genitive cōnsēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord, harmony.
    Synonyms: cōnsēnsiō, concordia, cōnspīrātiō, congruentia
    Antonyms: discordia, dissidentia, dissēnsiō
  2. A plot, conspiracy.
    Synonyms: cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō, coniūrātiō

Declension[edit]

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnsēnsus cōnsēnsūs
Genitive cōnsēnsūs cōnsēnsuum
Dative cōnsēnsuī cōnsēnsibus
Accusative cōnsēnsum cōnsēnsūs
Ablative cōnsēnsū cōnsēnsibus
Vocative cōnsēnsus cōnsēnsūs

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Descendants[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cōnsēnsus (feminine cōnsēnsa, neuter cōnsēnsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (rare) agreed upon

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnsēnsus cōnsēnsa cōnsēnsum cōnsēnsī cōnsēnsae cōnsēnsa
Genitive cōnsēnsī cōnsēnsae cōnsēnsī cōnsēnsōrum cōnsēnsārum cōnsēnsōrum
Dative cōnsēnsō cōnsēnsō cōnsēnsīs
Accusative cōnsēnsum cōnsēnsam cōnsēnsum cōnsēnsōs cōnsēnsās cōnsēnsa
Ablative cōnsēnsō cōnsēnsā cōnsēnsō cōnsēnsīs
Vocative cōnsēnse cōnsēnsa cōnsēnsum cōnsēnsī cōnsēnsae cōnsēnsa

References[edit]

  • “consensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “consensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consensus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • consensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus
    • unanimously: uno, communi, summo or omnium consensu (Tusc. 1. 15. 35)
  • “consensus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “consensus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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