consent
pronunciation
How to pronounce consent in British English:
UK [kənˈsent]
How to pronounce consent in American English:
US [kənˈsent]
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- Noun:
- permission to do something
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- Verb:
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Word Origin
- consent
- consent: [13] The notion underlying ‘giving one’s consent’ is ‘feeling together’ – that is, ‘agreeing’, and hence ‘giving approval or permission’. The word comes from Old French consente, a derivative of the verb consentir. This was a descendant of Latin consentīre ‘agree’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and sentīre ‘feel’ (source of English sense, sentence, sentiment, etc). Consensus, originally the past participle of Latin consentīre, was borrowed into English in the 19th century.=> consensus, sense, sentence, sentiment
- consent (v.)
- early 13c., from Old French consentir (12c.) "agree, comply," from Latin consentire "feel together," from com- "with" (see com-) + sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). "Feeling together," hence, "agreeing, giving permission," apparently a sense evolution that took place in French before the word reached English. Related: Consented; consenting.
- consent (n.)
- c. 1300, "approval," also "agreement in sentiment, harmony," from Old French consente, from consentir (see consent (v.)). Age of consent is attested from 1809.
Example
- 1. Before every move she made , she asked for my consent .
- 2. Without the oil windfall , a majority of venezuelans are likely to withdraw their consent .
- 3. When celebrities do give their consent , it 's often after a payout .
- 4. China could not have joined the iadb without us consent .
- 5. By common consent , corus was not a particularly strong brand , and few mourned its passing .