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Vinony

consensus

noun

  1. general agreement on a subject
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnsəs/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.

  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.

    “reach consensus”

    “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.

    “a financial consensus forecast”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.

  1. To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement.

    “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.”

    “None of this consensusing was done with the Manual. There were no national workshops, forums, etc.”