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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•sent /kənˈsɛnt/USA pronunciation v. - to permit, approve, or agree (as to a wish): [no object]We asked our parents for permission to use the boat, but they wouldn't consent.[~ + to + object]She consented to the plan.[~ + to + verb]consented to marry him.
n. [uncountable] - permission, approval, or agreement: gave his consent to the marriage.
con•sent•er, n. [countable]See -sens-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•sent (kən sent′),USA pronunciation v.i. - to permit, approve, or agree;
comply or yield (often fol. by to or an infinitive):He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented. - [Archaic.]to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.;
be in harmony.
n. - permission, approval, or agreement;
compliance;
acquiescence:He gave his consent to the marriage. - agreement in sentiment, opinion, a course of action, etc.:By common consent he was appointed official delegate.
- [Archaic.]accord;
concord;
harmony.
- Anglo-French, Old French, noun, nominal derivative of the verb, verbal
- Latin consentīre (see consensus); (noun, nominal) Middle English
- Anglo-French, Old French consentir
- (verb, verbal) Middle English consenten 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See agree.
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