English > consent: 2 senses > verb 1, communicationMeaning | Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Synonyms | accept, go for |
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Narrower | agree | consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something |
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contract in | consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use |
give | consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man |
permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission |
settle | Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction |
undertake, take in charge | Accept as a charge |
yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under | consent reluctantly |
Broader | react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
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Opposite | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
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Spanish | acceder, aceptar, consentir |
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Catalan | consentir |
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Nouns | consent | permission to do something |
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