Definitions for consensus

consensus con·sen·sus

Spelling: [kuh n-sen-suh s]
IPA: /kənˈsɛn səs/

Consensus is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in consensus (cennosssu).

Definitions for consensus

noun

  1. majority of opinion:
  2. general agreement or concord; harmony.
  3. agreement of the people.

Origin of consensus

1850-55; Latin, equivalent to consent(īre) to be in agreement, harmony (con- con- + sentīre to feel; cf. sense) + -tus suffix of v. action

Examples for consensus

There was a consensus of opinion as to the importance of the news.

It all began, the consensus seems to be, with the red jungle fowl.

It was the consensus of opinion that the only thing that prevented his swimming was his curls.

The 1964 presidential election was at hand to test this consensus.

The consensus of a number promises triumph for the impulse, whatever it is.

The consensus leans toward forbidding it, though some people of knowledge think it permissible.

But there is no consensus about what the attrition of ISIS looks like.

There is no consensus expressed in it and the symbolism is elaborate.

Fifty years later, the Reagan consensus prevails, it seems to me, more so than Roosevelt consensus.

The consensus among the legal establishment is that Wilson will not be indicted.

Word Value for consensus
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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