consensus
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.
NounEdit
consensus (countable and uncountable, plural consensuses)
- A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
- 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.
- (attributive) Average projected value.
- a financial consensus forecast
AntonymsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
general agreement
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Further readingEdit
- consensus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- consensus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "consensus" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 76.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus or English consensus, itself borrowed from Latin.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
consensus m (uncountable)
SynonymsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
consensus m (plural consensus)
Further readingEdit
- “consensus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”), from con- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈsen.sus/, [kõːˈs̠ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈsen.sus/, [kɔnˈsɛnsus]
NounEdit
cōnsēnsus m (genitive cōnsēnsūs); fourth declension
- Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord.
- A plot, conspiracy.
DeclensionEdit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cōnsēnsus | cōnsēnsūs |
Genitive | cōnsēnsūs | cōnsēnsuum |
Dative | cōnsēnsuī | cōnsēnsibus |
Accusative | cōnsēnsum | cōnsēnsūs |
Ablative | cōnsēnsū | cōnsēnsibus |
Vocative | cōnsēnsus | cōnsēnsūs |
SynonymsEdit
- (concord, agreement): concentus, concordātiō, concordia, concorditās, harmonia, ūnanimitās
- (plot, conspiracy): coitiō, coniūrātiō, cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō
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DescendantsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cōnsēnsus (feminine cōnsēnsa, neuter cōnsēnsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (rare) agreed upon
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
ReferencesEdit
- 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, 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)
- the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus
- 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