noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
reach agreement/consensus (= agree about something )
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The experts seem unable to reach consensus on this point.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
apparent
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The Government's commitment to a positive reform of the law will weaken in view of the apparent lack of consensus .
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But this shift was also brought about by an apparent consensus about education in the country as a whole.
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However, despite the apparent consensus , there were notable differences in style, presentation and treatment where these values were concerned.
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There is no apparent consensus about their optimum position within the organisation.
bipartisan
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Clinton, who will officially address the governors Tuesday, said he hoped to reach bipartisan consensus , particularly on Medicaid.
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He previewed the coming Congress, hoping for bipartisan consensus in trade, taxes, defense.
broad
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There is therefore the broadest possible political consensus behind the pressures to enforce such a duty to disarm.
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I now believe that we needed to build a broader consensus on this important issue before moving forward.
clear
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The problem is compounded by the lack of clear consensus about the purpose or even the nature of education.
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As for its strictly supernatural origins, there is no clear consensus on that either.
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Although no clear consensus has emerged from these discussions, one idea in particular has acquired a sizeable following.
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There is no clear consensus about how fast or slowly dinosaurs moved.
general
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The general consensus is that few horses should be inconvenienced by the ground.
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The general consensus is the show was a complete snooze, a letdown that garnered huge ratings and little else.
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Most decisions are reached by general consensus with a minimum of formal voting. 7.
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I think there is general consensus to change the welfare system; and that abuses should not be tolerated.
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There is a general consensus that psychological processes are a function of the whole brain, not of its constituent parts.
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In recent years, however, a general consensus has been reached that movies and television must have some influence on behavior.
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But the odds being quoted reflect the general consensus that it is a three-horse race between Donegal, Derry and Down.
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The general consensus is that worker influence on these boards has been limited.
growing
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After Kingman there was a growing consensus that some kind of explicit knowledge about language was necessary for both teachers and pupils.
international
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The international consensus seems to be that any return will be only to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Its co-operation has been crucial to the international consensus legitimising the war.
little
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Regarding the desirable extent of redistribution, there is little consensus .
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There is little consensus among candidates and voters on what the term means.
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There is, however, little consensus about the direction of these biases.
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Prumm also provides ample evidence for saying that there is little consensus concerning the nature or existence of Orphism.
moral
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Breakdown of the moral consensus and social cohesion is rife.
national
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Thus the Republic emerged from its early traumas with a fragmented political culture and no national consensus .
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By the early 1970s, the national welfare consensus that had prevailed since World War Il was under attack.
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Labour needs serious proof of a national consensus .
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Fundamental and irreversible changes ought only to be imposed, if at all, in the light of an unmistakable national consensus .
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The bombing spawned a rare moment of national consensus and healing.
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By the beginning of 1946 the national consensus that he had presided over at the liberation was visibly disintegrating.
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She is demanding a government of national consensus , leading to an election run by an independent election commission.
new
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Even though the demonstrations were unable to stop the war, they laid the foundation for a new consensus .
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The outlines of a new post-Thatcherite consensus begin to be visible.
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There is a new consensus that purely physical developments based on property-led solutions are not enough.
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Only better public transport, according to the new consensus , can save the city centres from the threat of gridlock.
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A new political consensus had emerged, with the promise of a social revolution.
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For all the talk about a new consensus and a new realism, however, a number of issues remain open.
political
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Be that as it may, there now exists a political consensus in favour of the complete monetary integration of the Community.
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Political campaigns were financed by such groups, and political consensus was brokered between such organizations.
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There was no political consensus about broadcasting.
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There seemed to be no clear path to success, and there was no political consensus about what to do.
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But almost every deviation from the pro-corporate political consensus has been stamped out.
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There is therefore the broadest possible political consensus behind the pressures to enforce such a duty to disarm.
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A decade after unification it became clear that no political consensus had emerged about the state and society.
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The great change after 1945 has been the establishment of a political consensus .
scientific
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Despite the overwhelming scientific consensus supporting the existence of global warming, the media often portray it as a controversial scientific debate.
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Yet if the current scientific consensus is correct, it has to be, and that may be its saving grace.
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In the first place, it's uncommon to discover such overwhelming scientific consensus on such a controversial set of issues.
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I hope that this book provides others with insights, thereby enabling a scientific consensus to emerge.
social
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Some scholars define crime as deviance from a social consensus of permitted behaviour.
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Politicians were not prepared to risk the fragile social consensus by allowing troubled firms to go to the wall.
strong
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A strong consensus among brokers may now signify risk, not safety.
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This discussion concentrates on implications based on strong consensus emerging from our small sample.
■ NOUN
estimate
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A First Call consensus estimate based on a survey of four analysts was 42 cents for the Columbus, Ohio, company.
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First Call listed a consensus estimate of 39 cents for the single-family home builder.
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The consensus estimate is $ 1. 25 a share.
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The results exactly met analysts' consensus estimate , according to First Call.
politics
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The consensus politics of the post-1945 period in which so many of our demands were rooted is no more.
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The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life.
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It was the most important disavowal consensus politics in recent history.
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The practice of consensus politics has meant no determined action against inequalities by any Labour government.
sequence
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All three of these start positions agree well with Kozak's consensus sequence .
view
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Contrary to the Minister's partisan approach, I want to begin by taking a consensus view .
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The consensus view seems to be that he probably did not.
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There is unlikely to be a consensus view amongst the parents or even in the staff room about standards in these matters.
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Until the major reinterpretation by E.P. Thompson in 1963, a consensus view of Luddism prevailed among historians.
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Unfortunately a consensus view has yet to emerge on this question.
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In time the consensus view is seen to have emerged.
■ VERB
achieve
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In the long term, we want to see a united Ireland achieved by consensus and without violence.
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Once again, they underestimated the amount of time required for achieving consensus .
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Johnson would often move in contradictory directions, yet he would usually achieve consensus .
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In fact, very little about chronic fatigue syndrome has achieved medical consensus , not even the name.
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Then you achieve consensus that the illegal traffic in marijuana, cocaine and heroin, principally, creates its own trillion-dollar economy.
agree
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It must be the case that the norms of these variable states are agreed on by internal consensus in the communities concerned.
based
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This discussion concentrates on implications based on strong consensus emerging from our small sample.
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Our country is based on consensus .
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Mr Chirac explained that by tradition defence bills are based on a cross-party consensus .
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Many people believe that organisations should become non-hierarchical and be based on group and consensus decision-making.
build
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This, in turn, requires more significant technical and conceptual changes, which take more planning time in order to build consensus .
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Porras found an astute ally in newly elected President Alvaro Arzu, a pragmatic businessman with an instinct for building consensus .
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By temperament Mr Putin always seeks to build consensus .
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I now believe that we needed to build a broader consensus on this important issue before moving forward.
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Labour has failed to build a popular consensus around educational reform and was trumped by Ashdown's penny on income tax.
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This gives the organization time to absorb the idea, to build consensus and to reduce resistance.
grow
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But there is a growing consensus that there is no quick, painless or cheap way out of the morass.
reach
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At least five local law societies found it difficult to reach a consensus amongst their members on the matter.
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After discussing several alternatives, the team reaches consensus on a plan of action.
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Most decisions are reached by general consensus with a minimum of formal voting. 7.
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Various group decision-making methods can be used to reach consensus .
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Our impressions are of a team in which decisions are reached by consensus and with the minimum of tension.
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These decisions would thus come within the competence of the Council of Ministers, to be reached by consensus .
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The group itself must get together and reach such decisions by consensus .
reflect
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But the odds being quoted reflect the general consensus that it is a three-horse race between Donegal, Derry and Down.
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But it reflects the astronomical consensus of what probably did happen.
seek
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By temperament Mr Putin always seeks to build consensus .
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Ministers were right to seek a consensus , but have dallied too long already.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Events in Eastern Europe shifted popular consensus against a new generation of nuclear weapons.
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The consensus of opinion seems to be that the Prime Minister should resign.
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The delegates will continue to meet until a consensus is reached.
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There appears to be a consensus of opinion that the pilot was not at fault.
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There is still no general consensus on what our future policy should be.
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There was a growing consensus that the Prime Minister should resign.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Analysts surveyed by First Call / Thomson Financial had forecast a consensus 59 cents per share.
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At the local level it was expressed by a shared set of values and policies, operating within a welfare state consensus .
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I am convinced, having talked to the groups, that a consensus could have been reached.
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Like other scientists, obesity researchers are supposed to work by a process of consensus .
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Most decisions are reached by general consensus with a minimum of formal voting. 7.
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The consensus politics of the post-1945 period in which so many of our demands were rooted is no more.
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The consensus was to discontinue the march against General Paredes in Guadalajara and to attack the capital immediately.
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They all have the reputation of being consensus politicians.