consensus

SubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt

//kənˈsɛnsəs//

A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.

Substantiv

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

Herkunft

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

Verb

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.

Formen

Plural: consensuses
Präteritum: consensused
Partizip II: consensused
Partizip I: consensusing
3. Person Singular: consensuses

conscious · Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.consciousness · The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.consecutive · Following, in succession, without interruption.

consensus · A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.

consent · To express willingness, to give permission.consequence · An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.consequences · An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a…

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