Sekirov Dictionary

consensus

/kənˈsɛnsəs/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

•
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.
- After years of debate over the best wine to serve at Thanksgiving, no real consensus has emerged.
An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
[before a noun] Average projected value.
A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.

verb1

•
To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement.
- I think we are a strongly consensused society. There was a consensus during the 1950's, the Eisenhower years, in our society. Then in the 1960's came a period of division. — 1975

forms

consensused · consensusing · consensuses

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