assent
- assent
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ common (BrE), general, universal
▪ Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.
▪ There was general assent about his achievements.
▪ royal (in the UK)
▪ The Education Act received the royal assent in 1944.
VERB + ASSENT
▪ give (sth), grant (esp. BrE)
▪ The government gave their assent to the project.
▪ withhold
▪ obtain, receive (esp. BrE)
▪ nod
▪ He nodded his assent when I asked if I could leave.
PREPOSITION
▪ in assent
▪ with sb's assent, without sb's assent
▪ Without the assent of the major states, nothing will ever change.
▪ The raising of taxes without the assent of Parliament was declared illegal.
PHRASES
▪ a murmur of assent, a nod of assent
▪ The suggestion was greeted with a murmur of assent.
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