Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense consents, present participle consenting, past tense, past participle consented
1. uncountable noun [usually with poss]
If you give your consentto something, you give someone permission to do it.
[formal]
Pollard finally gave his consent to the search. [+ to]
Can my child be medically examined without my consent?
Synonyms: agreement, sanction, approval, go-ahead [informal] More Synonyms of consent
2. verb
If you consentto something, you agree to do it or to allow it to be done.
[formal]
He finally consented to go. [VERB to-infinitive]
The patient must consent to the surgery. [VERB + to]
I was a little surprised when she consented. [VERB]
Synonyms: agree, approve, yield, permit More Synonyms of consent
3. See also age of consent
4.
See by common/mutual consent
5.
See by general/common consent
consent in British English
(kənˈsɛnt)
verb
1.
to give assent or permission (to do something); agree; accede
2. (intransitive) obsolete
to be in accord; agree in opinion, feelings, etc
noun
3.
acquiescence to or acceptance of something done or planned by another; permission
4.
accordance or harmony in opinion; agreement (esp in the phrase with one consent)
5. age of consent
Derived forms
consenter (conˈsenter)
noun
consenting (conˈsenting)
adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French consentir, from Latin consentīre to feel together, agree, from sentīre to feel
consent in American English
(kənˈsɛnt)
verb intransitive
1.
a.
to agree (to do something)
b.
to willingly engage in a sexual act
often in the phrase consenting adult
c.
to give permission, approval, or assent (to something proposed or requested) in opinion
2. Obsolete
to agree
noun
3.
permission, approval, or assent
4.
agreement in opinion or sentiment
by common consent
SYNONYMY NOTE: consent implies compliance with something proposed or requested, stressing this as an actof the will; to , assent is to express acceptance of or adherence to an opinion or proposition; , agree implies accord reached by settling differences of opinion or overcoming resistance;, concur implies agreement arrived at formally on a specific matter, often with regard toa line of action; to , accede is to yield one's assent to a proposal; , acquiesce implies tacit agreement or restraint of opposition in accepting something about whichone has reservations
OPPOSITES: dissent, refuse, deny
Derived forms
consenter (conˈsenter)
noun
Word origin
ME consenten < OFr consentir < L consentire < com-, with + sentire, to feel: see sense
COBUILD Collocations
consent
parental consent
Examples of 'consent' in a sentence
consent
Planning consent will be refused until the air around the airport meets nitrogen dioxide requirements.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Staff must give their consent to wear them.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But implied consent only works if the people whose consent you’re implying know that it’s going on.
Computing (2010)
A belief that it was consenting adults doing what they agreed behind closed doors was allowed to grow.
The Sun (2016)
This has been, by common consent, the year of scary monsters and super creeps.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He said:'We left by mutual consent.
The Sun (2016)
The smart money is on him leaving by mutual consent at the end of this season.
The Sun (2016)
We are all consenting adults and what we do behind closed doors is our business.
The Sun (2014)
You were under age so therefore could not give legal consent.
The Sun (2015)
The parks were given to the people by royal consent.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It has planning consent for one large villa or two smaller ones.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is planning consent to extend the kitchen.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The painstaking task of going through the consent form.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Insiders said that his departure was agreed by mutual consent.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One of the most obvious of these is obeying the laws established through common consent.
Arthur Herman THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)
It is much more common for divorces to be accomplished by mutual consent.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This was always likely to be a game for consenting adults.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She said that she was made to sign a consent form to give up her daughter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The group insists it is acting with the full consent of local people.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is an elegant panelled reception room and planning consent to turn the coach house into a flat for the au pair.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But if one person gives consent it can open the door to friends' data.
The Sun (2010)
It matters not that the law still applies, the moral obligation to consent has gone.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
By common consent, it was his worst performance in months.
The Sun (2013)
Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer.
Christianity Today (2000)
Despite signing a consent agreement waiving their right to bring legal action over the film, they are now suing for libel over the way they were depicted.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
consent
British English: consent NOUN
If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
At approximately 11:30 p.m., he finally gave his consent to the search.
American English: consent
Brazilian Portuguese: consentimento
Chinese: 准许
European Spanish: consentimiento
French: consentement
German: Zustimmung
Italian: consenso
Japanese: 承諾
Korean: 허락
European Portuguese: consentimento
Latin American Spanish: consentimiento
British English: consent VERB
If you consent to something, you agree to do it or to allow it to be done.
He finally consented to go.
He consented and was paid for his services.
American English: consent
Brazilian Portuguese: consentir
Chinese: 同意
European Spanish: consentir
French: consentir
German: einwilligen
Italian: acconsentire
Japanese: 同意する
Korean: 동의하다
European Portuguese: consentir
Latin American Spanish: consentir
All related terms of 'consent'
consent form
a form signed by a patient prior to a medical procedure to confirm that he or she agrees to the procedure and is aware of any risks that might be involved
consent decree
a negotiated agreement of the parties to a lawsuit which resolves the disputed issues and is sanctioned by the court; often, specif., such an agreement by which the defendant agrees to cease an activity or practice asserted by the government to be illegal
implied consent
a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence
age of consent
The age of consent is the age at which a person can legally agree to having a sexual relationship .
informed consent
consent , usually written, given as by a patient to surgery , experimental treatment , etc. after having been informed of the potential medical risks
parental consent
If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
by common/mutual consent
If something happens by common consent or by mutual consent , it happens as the result of an agreement between the people or groups involved.
by general/common consent
You can use by general consent or by common consent to indicate that most people agree that something is true .
Chinese translation of 'consent'
consent
(kənˈsɛnt)
n(u)
许(許)可 (xǔkě)
vi
to consent (to do sth)同意(做某事) (tóngyì (zuò mǒushì))
to consent to sth同意(某事) (tóngyì (mǒushì))
to give one's consent同意 (tóngyì)
by common or mutual consent经(經)一致同意 (jīng yīzhì tóngyì)