HOW TO PRONOUNCE
consensus
/kənˈsɛnsəs/
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Give the middle syllable the main beat.
Stress SEN, with the vowel in sense. The vowels before and after it are lighter.
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“We reached a consensus.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does consensus mean?
noun
- A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
- 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.
- An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Average projected value.
verb
- To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈsɛnsəs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Financial services roster members shall be appointed by consensus for terms of three years and may be reappointed.
The general consensus of expert opinion was that the flying machine would be useful to glean information concerning the movements of an enemy, rather than as a weapon of offence.
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In like manner does the republican government exist in America, without contention or opposition; without proofs and arguments, by a tacit agreement, a sort of consensus universalis.
However, the consensus of opinion is that from one to three inches are best in humid districts, but that, everything considered, four inches is the best depth under dry-farm conditions.
In all these cases the children were too young to give any properly intelligible account of themselves, but the consensus of their excuses is that they had been with a “bloofer lady.”