Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole.
- noun General agreement or accord.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general agreement or concord: as, a consensus of opinion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Agreement; accord; consent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
- noun
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises somediscretion in decision-making and follow-up action. - noun Average projected value, as in the finance term consensus forecast.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Later he used the term consensus when he talked about evolution being accepted by all real scientists.
Latest Articles 2009
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Later he used the term consensus when he talked about evolution being accepted by all real scientists.
Latest Articles 2009
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Seems to me the consensus is here that it was BAD legislation poorly executed.
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One reason for the consensus is the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.
Matthew Yglesias » Peres: Gaza Operation is Collective Punishment, and I Love It 2009
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They have the right to tell us what the consensus is and for the rest of us to then toe theline
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Another consensus is the American idea that every teenager should get a college education.
The Consensus-Driven Society « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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That said, I have fully acknowledged the possibility that the consensus is actually too optimistic, including the possibility (although not probability) of a double-dip recession.
Matthew Yglesias » GDP Grew at 5.7% Annualized Rate in 2009 Q4 2010
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I think that the consensus is a classic case of a subjective confidence interval that is overstated relative to reality.
Overconfidence, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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So the consensus is these meetings are useless and expensive waste of time.
Global Voices in English » Americas: 5th Summit Reactions 2009
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Another consensus is the American idea that every teenager should get a college education.
November « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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