how to pronounce consensus

/kənˈsɛn.səs/

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consensus is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of consensus in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… is a settled national consensus about a …”

meaning of consensus

Consensus is a meeting of people with the goal of reaching a decision.

consensus frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word consensus occurs in english on average 18.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics consensus can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that consensus can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) education, science, and technology;

4) people, society, and culture;