noun · academic
consensus
UK/kənˈsensəs/US/kənˈsɛnsəs/con·SEN·sus
Band 7+task2speakingtask1
general agreement among a group, especially experts or stakeholders
Examples
“There is a growing consensus that climate change is human-made.”
“The panel reached a consensus after lengthy discussion.”
“Scientific consensus does not mean every scientist agrees, but most do.”
Band 8 sentence
“Despite some dissenting voices, the overwhelming consensus among climate scientists supports urgent mitigation policies.”
Collocations
- scientific consensus
- reach a consensus
- broad consensus
Word family
consensual adjectiveconsensus-building compound noun
Common mistakes
consent of the scientists→consensus among scientists
the majority agree→a consensus
Say it for a higher band
5agreement→6majority→7+consensus
Synonyms
agreement
Easily confused
consent
“There is a broad scientific consensus that vaccination programs save lives.”
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