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Common collocations with consensus in American Collocation

consensus noun singular/uncountable

US /kənˈsensəs/

general or strong

broad
clear
common
general
overwhelming
strong
widespread

The general consensus among Egyptologists is that the pyramids were tombs.

growing

emerging
growing

Those who deny that climate change is dangerous have chosen to ignore the growing consensus among scientists.

among different groups or countries

cross-party
global
international
national

A broad global consensus has emerged within the grassroots forest conservation community that industrial logging of endangered forests is no longer acceptable.

types of consensus

political
scholarly
scientific
social

There is a need for as much political consensus as possible on the framework for the pension system.

The consensus of opinion was that the idea was viable, provided a suitable site could be found.

get or develop consensus

achieve
arrive at
build
come to
develop
establish
find
forge
get
reach

Negotiations to finalize the agenda of the summit failed to reach consensus on many major initiatives.

try to get consensus

call for
seek

Chancellor Merkel announced that she would seek a broad consensus on how to proceed.

show that a consensus exists

reflect

The University’s policy on authorship reflects the scientific consensus on who should be the authors of a paper and what their rights and duties are.

end or damage consensus

break
undermine

They were in danger of breaking the strong political consensus that had been developed over the years.

emerge
exist

A growing consensus has emerged regarding the most appropriate forms that ICT education should currently take in early childhood.