assent
US: /əˈsɛnt/
UK: /ɐsˈɛnt/
UK: /ɐsˈɛnt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
assent /ə'sent/
- danh từ
- sự chuẩn y, sự phê chuẩn
- sự đồng ý, sự tán thành
- nội động từ
- assent to đồng ý, tán thành (đề nghị, ý kiến, lời tuyên bố...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U] ~ (to sth) (formal) official agreement to or approval of sth: The director has given her assent to the proposals. + He nodded (his) assent. + There were murmurs of both assent and dissent from the crowd. + The bill passed in Parliament has now received the Royal Assent (= been approved by the king / queen). + She is by common assent, the best person for the job.
+ verb
~ (to sth) (formal) to agree to a request, an idea or a suggestion: [V] Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed. [also V speech]
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
common, general, universal
Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession. There was general assent about his achievements.
| royal
The Education Act received the royal assent in 1944.
VERB + ASSENT
give sth, grant
The government gave their assent to the project.
| withhold | meet with, obtain, receive | express, grunt, indicate, nod
He nodded his assent when I asked if I could leave.
PREP.
in ~
She smiled in assent.
| with/without sb's ~
The raising of taxes without the assent of Parliament was declared illegal.
PHRASES
a murmur/nod of assent
The suggestion was greeted with a murmur of assent.
Concise English dictionary
assents|assented|assentingə'sent
noun
+agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
verb
+to agree or express agreement
