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Is consensus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word consensus is a Scrabble US word. The word consensus is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is consensus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word consensus is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

CONSENSUS,

7-letter words (2 found)

NONUSES,SCOUSES,

6-letter words (19 found)

CENSUS,CONNES,COSSES,CUSSES,CUSSOS,NONCES,NONUSE,NOUSES,ONUSES,OUNCES,SCONES,SCOUSE,SCUSES,SONCES,SONNES,SONSES,SOUCES,SOUSES,UNCOES,

5-letter words (28 found)

CONES,CONNE,CONNS,CONUS,COSES,CUSSO,NEONS,NONCE,NONES,NOSES,NOUNS,ONCES,ONCUS,OUENS,OUNCE,SCONE,SCUSE,SOCES,SONCE,SONES,SONNE,SONSE,SOUCE,SOUSE,SUNNS,SUSES,UNCES,UNCOS,

4-letter words (40 found)

CENS,CESS,CONE,CONN,CONS,COSE,COSS,CUES,CUSS,ECOS,ECUS,EONS,NEON,NESS,NOES,NONE,NOSE,NOUN,NOUS,NUNS,ONCE,ONES,ONUS,OSES,SECO,SECS,SENS,SESS,SOCS,SONE,SONS,SOSS,SOUS,SUES,SUNN,SUNS,SUSS,UNCE,UNCO,USES,

3-letter words (28 found)

CON,COS,CUE,ECO,ECU,ENS,EON,ESS,NON,NOS,NUN,NUS,OES,ONE,ONS,OSE,OUS,SEC,SEN,SOC,SON,SOS,SOU,SUE,SUN,SUS,UNS,USE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ES,NE,NO,NU,OE,ON,OS,OU,SO,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 131 words from consensus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of consensus

consensus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈsɛnsəs/

Noun

consensus (countable and uncountable, plural consensuses or consensus)

  1. A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
  2. General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
  3. (computing) An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
  4. (attributive) Average projected value.

Antonyms

  • dissensus

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Verb

consensus (third-person singular simple present consensuses, present participle consensusing, simple past and past participle consensused)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement.

Further reading

  • “consensus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “consensus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • "consensus" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 76.
  • “consensus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “consensus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “consensus”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “consensus” (US) / “consensus” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
  • “consensus”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • consensus in Britannica Dictionary
  • consensus in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
  • consensus in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
  • consensus in Ozdic collocation dictionary
  • consensus in WordReference English Collocations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus or English consensus, itself borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔnˈsɛn.zʏs/
  • Hyphenation: con‧sen‧sus

Noun

consensus m (uncountable)

  1. consensus

Synonyms

  • overeenstemming

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: kònsènsùs
  • → Indonesian: konsènsus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys/, /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.sys/

Noun

consensus m (plural consensus)

  1. consensus

Further reading

  • “consensus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”), from con- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈsen.sus/, [kõːˈs̠ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈsen.sus/, [konˈsɛnsus]

Noun

cōnsēnsus m (genitive cōnsēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord, harmony.
    Synonyms: cōnsēnsiō, concordia, cōnspīrātiō, congruentia
    Antonyms: discordia, dissidentia, dissēnsiō
  2. A plot, conspiracy.
    Synonyms: cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō, coniūrātiō

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (concord, agreement): concentus, concordātiō, concordia, concorditās, harmonia, ūnanimitās
  • (plot, conspiracy): coitiō, coniūrātiō, cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō

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Descendants

Adjective

cōnsēnsus (feminine cōnsēnsa, neuter cōnsēnsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (rare) agreed upon

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • “consensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “consensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consensus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • consensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “consensus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “consensus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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