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scientific consensus
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk kənˈsɛnsəs/sci·en·TIF·ic con·SEN·sus
A general agreement among scientists about a specific scientific question or interpretation of evidence.
Examples
“There is now a scientific consensus that human activities contribute to global warming.”
“Reaching a scientific consensus can take years of studies and peer review.”
“A single paper rarely overturns an established scientific consensus.”
Band 8 sentence
“Despite isolated dissenting papers, a scientific consensus has emerged that excessive sugar intake is linked to metabolic disease.”
Collocations
- reach a scientific consensus
- scientific consensus suggests
- emerging scientific consensus
Word family
Common mistakes
make a consensus→reach/achieve a consensus
science consensus→scientific consensus
reach to a consensus→reach a consensus
Say it for a higher band
5agreement→6general agreement→7+scientific consensus
Synonyms
agreement
general agreement
Easily confused
agreement
“There is broad agreement among researchers about the study's main finding.”
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