consentとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛnt/
• 韻: -ɛnt
• ハイフネーション: con‧sent

動詞

consent (三人称単数 現在形 consents, 現在分詞 consenting, 過去形および過去分詞形 consented) (intransitive)

1. To express willingness, to give permission.

   After reflecting a little bit, I've consented.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     My poverty, but not my will, consents.

2. (medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
   • 2002, T Usmani; KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, D …, “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to …”, in Journal of Orthodontics:

     When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant

3. (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Milton

     Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.

4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Acts viii. 1

     And Saul was consenting unto his death.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Fuller

     Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment.

使用する際の注意点

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

同意語

• (自動詞): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes

反意語

• (自動詞): disagree, object, oppose

派生語

• consenting

名詞

consent (複数形 consents)

1. Voluntary agreement or permission.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, printed at London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821:
     , II.6:

     All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.

2. (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
   • 1604-11, Bible (King James Version), Luke: XIV:18

     And they all with one consent began to make excuse.

同意語

• (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes

反意語

• (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

派生語

• consenter
• consentaneous
• age of consent

Further reading

• consent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• consent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• nocents