consensus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈsɛnsəs/ === Noun === consensus (countable and uncountable, plural consensuses or consensus) A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members. 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. (computing) An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation. (attributive) Average projected value. ==== Antonyms ==== dissensus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === consensus (third-person singular simple present consensuses, present participle consensusing, simple past and past participle consensused) (ambitransitive) To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement. === Further reading === “consensus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “consensus”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Raymond Williams (1983), “Consensus”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 76. “consensus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “consensus”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “consensus”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “consensus” (US) / “consensus” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “consensus”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. consensus in Britannica Dictionary consensus in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary consensus in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary consensus in Ozdic collocation dictionary consensus in WordReference English Collocations == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus or English consensus, itself borrowed from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔnˈsɛn.zʏs/ Hyphenation: con‧sen‧sus === Noun === consensus m (uncountable, no diminutive) consensus ==== Synonyms ==== overeenstemming ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: kònsènsùs → Indonesian: konsènsus == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys/, /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.sys/ === Noun === consensus m (invariable) consensus === Further reading === “consensus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”), from con- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈsẽː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈsɛn.sus] === Noun === cōnsēnsus m (genitive cōnsēnsūs); fourth declension Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord, harmony. Synonyms: cōnsēnsiō, concordia, cōnspīrātiō, congruentia Antonyms: discordia, dissidentia, dissēnsiō A plot, conspiracy. Synonyms: cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō, coniūrātiō ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (concord, agreement): concentus, concordātiō, concordia, concorditās, harmonia, ūnanimitās (plot, conspiracy): coitiō, coniūrātiō, cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Adjective === cōnsēnsus (feminine cōnsēnsa, neuter cōnsēnsum); first/second-declension adjective (rare) agreed upon ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “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, 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. “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