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{
"term": "consent",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "permission to do something, especially given by somebody in authority",
"sensetop": "consent to somethingwithout (somebody's) consent",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The written consent of a parent is required."
},
{
"text": "Children under 16 cannot **give consent** to medical treatment.",
"contextForm": "consent to something"
},
{
"text": "to **refuse/withhold** your **consent**"
},
{
"text": "He is charged with taking a car without the owner's consent.",
"contextForm": "without (somebody's) consent"
},
{
"text": "A record of their written consent must be on file."
},
{
"text": "At any time during the study, parents could withdraw their consent."
},
{
"text": "Completion of the survey was taken as implied consent to participate."
},
{
"text": "Do you have the consent of your employer?"
},
{
"text": "Doctors must obtain the informed consent of all patients before giving any treatment."
},
{
"text": "Doctors pressed her to sign a consent form for emergency surgery."
},
{
"text": "He gave his consent for treatment."
},
{
"text": "He withheld his consent to the marriage."
},
{
"text": "In 2018 they signed a consent agreement."
},
{
"text": "Informed oral consent was obtained from each individual."
},
{
"text": "Judge Roberts nodded his consent and she began."
},
{
"text": "No action can be taken without the prior consent of the owner."
},
{
"text": "Spousal consent is necessary to secure the loan."
},
{
"text": "The article is reprinted by consent of the author."
},
{
"text": "The consent decree required the state to institute certain programs that were not required by federal law."
},
{
"text": "The information should generally be considered private unless there is explicit consent to disclose it."
},
{
"text": "The investigators secured the consent of the suspects to take their computers away."
},
{
"text": "The removal of the patient consent requirement was denounced by the opposition."
},
{
"text": "They provided verbal consent for the interview to be recorded."
},
{
"text": "You must give written consent before the documents can be released."
},
{
"text": "Your property cannot be sold without your consent."
},
{
"text": "Your silence implies tacit consent to these proposals."
},
{
"text": "consent from the parents"
},
{
"text": "students who had provided parental consent to participate"
},
{
"text": "the policy of presumed consent for organ donation"
},
{
"text": "A tenant may not sublet the property without the consent in writing from the landlord."
},
{
"text": "He was accused of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent."
},
{
"text": "Her father gave his consent to the marriage."
},
{
"text": "Patients sign a consent form before surgery."
},
{
"text": "The drug was given without the patient's knowledge or consent."
},
{
"text": "The landlord may not withhold consent unreasonably."
},
{
"text": "These appointments are subject to the consent of the Prime Minister."
}
],
"topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "common", "general"],
"verb + consent": ["give (somebody)", "grant (somebody)", "provide"],
"consent + noun": ["agreement", "decree", "law"],
"preposition": ["by consent", "by consent of", "by common consent"],
"phrases": ["the age of consent"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "agreement about something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was chosen as leader **by common consent** *(= everyone agreed to the choice)*."
},
{
"text": "**By mutual consent** they didn't go out *(= they both agreed not to)*."
},
{
"text": "The advertising authority is, by general consent, a very reasonable body."
},
{
"text": "The marriage ended by mutual consent."
},
{
"text": "The museum bought the collection for $2 million, by common consent a very good price."
},
{
"text": "By unspoken consent they carried on working through the night."
},
{
"text": "government by consent"
},
{
"text": "The proposal received unanimous consent."
},
{
"text": "The contract can only be broken by mutual consent."
},
{
"text": "By unanimous consent, the Senate inserted a moratorium."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "common", "general"],
"verb + consent": ["give (somebody)", "grant (somebody)", "provide"],
"consent + noun": ["agreement", "decree", "law"],
"preposition": ["by consent", "by consent of", "by common consent"],
"phrases": ["the age of consent"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an official document giving permission for something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Your family, in effect, signs the consent for you."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "common", "general"],
"verb + consent": ["give (somebody)", "grant (somebody)", "provide"],
"consent + noun": ["agreement", "decree", "law"],
"preposition": ["by consent", "by consent of", "by common consent"],
"phrases": ["the age of consent"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsent/",
"audio": "xc/consent/xconsent__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsent/",
"audio": "xc/consent/xconsent__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French consente (noun), consentir (verb), from Latin consentire, from con- ‘together’ + sentire ‘feel’."
}