{
    "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’."
}