CONSENT


Meaning of CONSENT in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ full

▪ common , general , mutual , unanimous

By unanimous ~, the Senate inserted a moratorium.

▪ explicit , express

The information should generally be considered private unless there is explicit ~ to disclose it.

▪ implied

Completion of the survey was taken as implied ~ to participate.

▪ tacit

Your silence implies tacit ~ to these proposals.

▪ voluntary

A contract requires the voluntary ~ of the parties entering into it.

▪ informed

Doctors must obtain the informed ~ of all patients before giving any treatment.

▪ prior

No action can be taken without the prior ~ of the owner.

▪ formal , signed ( AmE ), written

A record of their written ~ must be on file.

▪ oral ( AmE ), verbal

Informed oral ~ was obtained from each individual.

They provided verbal ~ for the interview to be taped.

▪ presumed ( AmE )

the policy of presumed ~ for organ donation

▪ parental , spousal ( AmE )

Spousal ~ is necessary to secure the loan.

VERB + CONSENT

▪ give (sb) , grant (sb) , provide

You must give written ~ before the documents can be released.

students who had provided parental ~ to participate

▪ refuse (sb) , withdraw , withhold

At any time during the study, parents could withdraw their ~.

▪ gain , get , have , obtain , secure

Do you have the ~ of your employer?

The investigators secured the ~ of the suspects to take their computers away.

▪ receive

The proposal received unanimous ~.

▪ require , seek

▪ nod

Judge Roberts nodded his ~ and she began.

▪ sign ( esp. AmE )

Your family, in effect, signs the ~ for you.

CONSENT + NOUN

▪ agreement , decree , law (all AmE )

The ~ decree required the state to institute certain programs that were not required by federal law.

In 1998 they signed a ~ agreement.

▪ document , form

Doctors pressed her to sign a ~ form for emergency surgery.

▪ procedure ( AmE ), process (both AmE )

additional measures to strengthen informed ~ procedures

▪ requirement ( AmE )

The removal of the patient ~ requirement was denounced by the opposition.

PREPOSITION

▪ by ~ , by ~ of

government by ~

The article is reprinted by ~ of the author.

▪ by common ~ , by general ~ , by mutual ~

The contract can only be broken by mutual ~.

▪ with sb's ~ , without sb's ~

Your property cannot be sold without your ~.

▪ ~ for

He gave his ~ for treatment.

▪ ~ from

~ from the parents

▪ ~ to

He withheld his ~ to the marriage.

PHRASES

▪ the age of ~ (= the age at which sb is legally old enough to agree to have a sexual relationship)

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ freely , willingly

I asked him to provide it and he willingly ~ed.

▪ graciously , kindly

He has kindly ~ed to give us some of his valuable time.

Mrs Meade has graciously ~ed to supervise your detention.

▪ reluctantly

He reluctantly ~ed to the material being edited.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

Her father would not ~ to the marriage.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .