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consensusa general agreement or shared opinion among a group of people

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a general agreement or shared opinion among a group of people

Pronunciation (IPA): /kənˈsensəs/

Korean meaning: 합의, 의견 일치, 총의

Korean pronunciation: 컨**센**서스

Example Sentences

  • After three hours of heated debate about pizza toppings, the roommates finally reached a consensus: half pepperoni, half pineapple (and they'd argue about it again next week).
  • The scientific consensus supports climate change as a human-caused phenomenon.
  • There was no consensus among the committee members about the new dress code policy.

consensus

NOUN

//kənˈsensəs//

a general agreement or shared opinion among a group of people

consensus concept
💡 Concept

The team reaches consensus as everyone nods in unanimous agreement

consensus rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Pegasus watches the census build consensus!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kənˈsensəs/
🇬🇧 UK/kənˈsensəs/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcon--
Rootsens
Suffix--us

Origin

From Latin 'consensus,' the past participle of 'consentire,' meaning 'to agree together.' It combines 'con-' (together) and 'sentire' (to feel or think).

🎵Rhyme

censusPegasus
census
Pegasus

🔗Collocations

reach a consensus
build consensus
general consensus
consensus opinion
consensus building
broad consensus

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

After three hours of heated debate about pizza toppings, the roommates finally reached a consensus: half pepperoni, half pineapple (and they'd argue about it again next week).

The scientific consensus supports climate change as a human-caused phenomenon.

There was no consensus among the committee members about the new dress code policy.

😄 Fun example

The family meeting ended when they reached a consensus that dad's cooking was banned forever.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

agreementaccordharmonyunityunanimity

Antonyms

disagreementdiscorddissent

Related

compromiseresolutionconcordconsensus-buildingunanimous

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