{
    "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."
}