- consent
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ full▪ common, general, mutual, unanimous▪
By unanimous consent, the Senate inserted a moratorium.
▪ explicit, express▪The information should generally be considered private unless there is explicit consent to disclose it.
▪ implied▪Completion of the survey was taken as implied consent to participate.
▪ tacit▪Your silence implies tacit consent to these proposals.
▪ voluntary▪A contract requires the voluntary consent of the parties entering into it.
▪ informed▪Doctors must obtain the informed consent of all patients before giving any treatment.
▪ prior▪No action can be taken without the prior consent of the owner.
▪ formal, signed (AmE), written▪A record of their written consent must be on file.
▪ oral (AmE), verbal▪Informed oral consent was obtained from each individual.
▪They provided verbal consent for the interview to be taped.
▪ presumed (AmE)▪the policy of presumed consent for organ donation
▪ parental, spousal (AmE)▪Spousal consent is necessary to secure the loan.
VERB + CONSENT▪ give (sb), grant (sb), provide▪You must give written consent before the documents can be released.
▪students who had provided parental consent to participate
▪ refuse (sb), withdraw, withhold▪At any time during the study, parents could withdraw their consent.
▪ gain, get, have, obtain, secure▪Do you have the consent of your employer?
▪The investigators secured the consent of the suspects to take their computers away.
▪ receive▪The proposal received unanimous consent.
▪ require, seek▪ nod▪Judge Roberts nodded his consent and she began.
▪ sign (esp. AmE)▪Your family, in effect, signs the consent for you.
CONSENT + NOUN▪ agreement, decree, law (all AmE)▪The consent decree required the state to institute certain programs that were not required by federal law.
▪In 1998 they signed a consent agreement.
▪ document, form▪Doctors pressed her to sign a consent form for emergency surgery.
▪ procedure (AmE), process (both AmE)▪additional measures to strengthen informed consent procedures
▪ requirement (AmE)▪The removal of the patient consent requirement was denounced by the opposition.
PREPOSITION▪ by consent, by consent of▪government by consent
▪The article is reprinted by consent of the author.
▪ by common consent, by general consent, by mutual consent▪The contract can only be broken by mutual consent.
▪ with sb's consent, without sb's consent▪Your property cannot be sold without your consent.
▪ consent for▪He gave his consent for treatment.
▪ consent from▪consent from the parents
▪ consent to▪He withheld his consent to the marriage.
PHRASES▪ the age of consent (= the age at which sb is legally old enough to agree to have a sexual relationship){{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ freely, willingly▪I asked him to provide it and he willingly consented.
▪ graciously, kindly▪He has kindly consented to give us some of his valuable time.
▪Mrs Meade has graciously consented to supervise your detention.
▪ reluctantly▪He reluctantly consented to the material being edited.
PREPOSITION▪ to▪Her father would not consent to the marriage.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
