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{
"term": "consensus",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "an opinion that all members of a group agree with",
"sensetop": "consensus (about/on something)consensus (among somebody) (about/on something)consensus that…by consensus",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She is skilled at achieving consensus on sensitive issues.",
"contextForm": "consensus (about/on something)"
},
{
"text": "There is a growing **consensus of opinion** on this issue."
},
{
"text": "an attempt to **reach a consensus**"
},
{
"text": "There now exists a broad political consensus in favour of economic reform."
},
{
"text": "consensus politics *(= that people in general agree with)*"
},
{
"text": "There is a general consensus among teachers about the need for greater security in schools.",
"contextForm": "consensus (among somebody) (about/on something)"
},
{
"text": "There seems to be a consensus that the plan should be rejected.",
"contextForm": "consensus that…"
},
{
"text": "They have always governed by consensus.",
"contextForm": "by consensus"
},
{
"text": "A general consensus on the problem is beginning to emerge."
},
{
"text": "Computer science has reached a rough consensus on this issue."
},
{
"text": "He was the first to break the consensus and criticize the proposal."
},
{
"text": "It is difficult to reach a consensus about electoral reform."
},
{
"text": "No clear consensus exists over the next stage of the plan."
},
{
"text": "Over time a consensus formed."
},
{
"text": "That seems to be the prevailing consensus."
},
{
"text": "The agency helped develop a consensus on conservation."
},
{
"text": "The general consensus of opinion is that a high-fat diet is bad for you."
},
{
"text": "The measures represented a consensus that people and the environment must be protected from the excesses of the market."
},
{
"text": "The scientific consensus is that failure to take action could lead to widespread droughts."
},
{
"text": "The war broke the broad consensus of liberals."
},
{
"text": "The world's scientists have reached a nearly unanimous consensus that the surface of the Earth is warming as a result of human activities."
},
{
"text": "There are guidelines in a 2007 consensus statement from the Institute."
},
{
"text": "There are signs that the consensus is breaking down."
},
{
"text": "There is no scholarly consensus on how these terms are defined."
},
{
"text": "These standards represent expert consensus on generally accepted social scientific standards for research on child development."
},
{
"text": "This is not consensus opinion yet."
},
{
"text": "a magazine attempting to build a consensus about sustainable science"
},
{
"text": "a universal consensus about the problems of the exchange rate system"
},
{
"text": "citizens who work together to forge consensus regarding important public safety issues"
},
{
"text": "no consensus among the members"
},
{
"text": "the general consensus within the criminal justice system"
},
{
"text": "I am a great believer in consensus politics."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement", "Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broad", "clear", "common"],
"… of consensus": ["degree", "level"],
"verb + consensus": ["achieve", "arrive at", "reach"],
"consensus + verb": ["exist", "emerge", "form"],
"consensus + noun": ["opinion", "view", "statement"],
"preposition": ["by consensus", "consensus about", "consensus on"],
"phrases": ["a consensus of opinion", "a lack of consensus"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsensəs/",
"audio": "xc/consensus/xconsensus__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsensəs/",
"audio": "xc/consensus/xconsensus__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘agreement’, from consens- ‘agreed’, from the verb consentire."
}