consensus B2 Topic:Actions & Processes US /kənˈsɛnsəs/ See IPA manual Freq #16746 Meanings 1 noun General agreement among the members of a group. After hours of talks, the committee finally reached a consensus. 2 noun A way of making decisions that aims for agreement from everyone involved. The team prefers decision by consensus rather than by voting. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · general agreement among the... agreement ↔ Opposites dissensus Word family Forms consensuses Derived forms anticonsensusconsensualmetaconsensusnonconsensuspseudoconsensussubconsensus Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent. *sent- Proto-Indo-European cōnsēnsus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # consensus **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kənˈsɛnsəs/ **Frequency rank:** 16746 ## Meanings 1. General agreement among the members of a group. 2. A way of making decisions that aims for agreement from everyone involved. ## Examples - After hours of talks, the committee finally reached a consensus. - The team prefers decision by consensus rather than by voting. ## Antonyms - dissensus ## Derived Forms - anticonsensus - consensual - metaconsensus - nonconsensus - pseudoconsensus - subconsensus ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sent- - Root: cōnsēnsus ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent. ## AI Etymology consensus is a noun and verb. It was borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent. Historical forms in the chain include *sent- (Proto-Indo-European) and cōnsēnsus (Latin). Current senses include general agreement among the members of a group and a way of making decisions that aims for agreement from everyone involved. Derived forms include anticonsensus, consensual, metaconsensus, nonconsensus, and pseudoconsensus. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown