HOW TO PRONOUNCE
consent
/kənˈsɛnt/
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What does consent mean?
verb
- To express willingness, to give permission.
- To cause to sign a consent form.
- To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
More meanings (4)
noun
- Voluntary agreement or permission.
- (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
- (obsolete) Advice; counsel.
verb
- (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈsɛnt/
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Their spirits are so married in conjunction with the participation of society that they flock together in consent, like so many wild-geese.
For--you would have thought men would have been ashamed of themselves--no soul would consent to return with us to the Admiral Benbow.
More book examples (3)
All that happened later on in this existence, which was from henceforth so stormy, happened with his knowledge and with his consent.
It was her mother and her sister who managed, submitting to the advice and consent of Corey what they intended to do.
“It came, in the first instance, from me. And it met, as I have told you, with your son’s consent and approval.”