consensus
//kənˈsɛnsəs//
Forms
- Plural
- consensuses
- present (v1)
- consensus
- past (v2)
- consensused
- past participle (v3)
- consensused
- present participle
- consensusing
- 3rd person singular
- consensuses
Definitions
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 member 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.
3.An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
4.Average projected value.
1.To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement.
- None of this consensusing was done with the Manual. There were no national workshops, forums, etc.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3696
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”)
From cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.