noun
Meaning 1
Agreement; act of agreeing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I will give this act my assent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
assent
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈsɛnt/
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rhymes with -ɛnt
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homophone: ascent
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 S EH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: law, property
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To agree to a proposal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he gave his assent eagerly
- a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acquiescence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agreement
Narrower terms: acceptance, concession, conceding, yielding
verb
Meaning 5
to agree or express agreement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accede, acquiesce
Antonyms: dissent
Broader terms: agree
Narrower terms: connive
History
Etymology
From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-).
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: съгласие (sǎglasie) — agreement, act of agreeing
- Bulgarian: одобрение (odobrenie) — agreement, act of agreeing
- Czech: souhlas — agreement, act of agreeing
- Czech: schválení — agreement, act of agreeing
- Finnish: suostumus — agreement, act of agreeing
- Finnish: myöntymys — agreement, act of agreeing
- French: assentiment — agreement, act of agreeing
- Gallurese: cunsènsu — agreement, act of agreeing
- Hindi: स्वीकृति (svīkŕti) — agreement, act of agreeing
- Italian: assenso — agreement, act of agreeing
- Latin: assensio — agreement, act of agreeing
- Māori: āetanga — agreement, act of agreeing
- Māori: whakaaetanga — agreement, act of agreeing
- Norwegian Bokmål: samtykke — agreement, act of agreeing
- Norwegian Nynorsk: samtykkje — agreement, act of agreeing
- Polish: sankcja — agreement, act of agreeing
- Portuguese: assentimento — agreement, act of agreeing
- Portuguese: sanção — agreement, act of agreeing
- Portuguese: assenso — agreement, act of agreeing
- Russian: согла́сие (soglásije) — agreement, act of agreeing
- Russian: одобре́ние (odobrénije) — agreement, act of agreeing
- Russian: утвержде́ние (utverždénije) — agreement, act of agreeing
- Campidanese Sardinian: approvatzioni — agreement, act of agreeing
- Sassarese: assensu — agreement, act of agreeing
- Scottish Gaelic: aonta — agreement, act of agreeing
- Spanish: asentimiento — agreement, act of agreeing
- Swedish: samtycke — agreement, act of agreeing
- Turkish: kabul — agreement, act of agreeing
- Turkish: onay — agreement, act of agreeing
- Welsh: cydsyniad — agreement, act of agreeing
- Bulgarian: одобрявам (odobrjavam) — to agree, give approval
- Bulgarian: съгласявам се (sǎglasjavam se) — to agree, give approval
- Czech: souhlasit — to agree, give approval
- Czech: dát souhlas — to agree, give approval
- Czech: schválit — to agree, give approval
- Finnish: suostua — to agree, give approval
- Finnish: myöntää — to agree, give approval
- French: assentir — to agree, give approval
- Hindi: स्वीकृति (svīkŕti) — to agree, give approval
- Italian: assentire — to agree, give approval
- Korean: 동의(同意)하다 (dong'uihada) — to agree, give approval
- Latin: assentiō — to agree, give approval
- Māori: whakakoia — to agree, give approval
- Māori: whakaae — to agree, give approval
- Māori: āe — to agree, give approval
- Norwegian Bokmål: samtykke — to agree, give approval
- Norwegian Nynorsk: samtykkje — to agree, give approval
- Occitan: assentir — to agree, give approval
- Portuguese: assentir — to agree, give approval
- Quechua: añiy — to agree, give approval
- Quechua: huñiy — to agree, give approval
- Russian: одобря́ть (odobrjátʹ) — to agree, give approval
- Russian: соглаша́ться (soglašátʹsja) — to agree, give approval
- Serbo-Croatian: pristanak — to agree, give approval
- Serbo-Croatian: odobrenje — to agree, give approval
- Slovak: súhlasiť — to agree, give approval
- Spanish: asentir — to agree, give approval
- Spanish: consentir — to agree, give approval
- Swedish: samtycka — to agree, give approval
- Turkish: kabul etmek — to agree, give approval
- Turkish: onaylamak — to agree, give approval
- Turkish: rıza göstermek — to agree, give approval
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