to reach consensus

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• Consensus (computer science) — Consensus is a problem in distributed computing that encapsulates the task of group agreement in the presence of faults.[1] In particular, any process in the group may fail at any time. Consensus is fundamental to core techniques in fault… …   Wikipedia

• Consensus dynamics — or agreement dynamics is an area of research lying at the intersection of systems theory and graph theory. A major topic of investigation is the agreement or consensus problem[1] in multi agent systems that concerns processes by which a… …   Wikipedia

• Consensus — has two common meanings. One is a general among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision making and follow up action. The other is as a theory and practice of getting such agreements (for… …   Wikipedia

• consensus — con‧sen‧sus [kənˈsensəs] noun [singular, uncountable] 1. agreement among a group of people: • The leaders failed to reach a consensus on the issue of trade barriers. • The talks are aimed at building a consensus. 2. the opinion that most people… …   Financial and business terms

• Consensus decision-making — is a group decision making process that seeks the consent, not necessarily the agreement, of participants and the resolution of objections. Consensus is defined by Merriam Webster as, first, general agreement, and second, group solidarity of… …   Wikipedia

• consensus — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, clear, common, general, prevailing, rough, widespread ▪ That seems to be the prevailing consensus. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• consensus — con|sen|sus [ kən sensəs ] noun singular or uncount ** agreement among all the people involved: We are still hopeful that further talks will result in a consensus. general consensus: The general consensus is that we should all get some sleep.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• consensus */*/ — UK [kənˈsensəs] / US noun [singular/uncountable] agreement among all the people involved We are still hopeful that further talks will result in a consensus. by consensus: All good decisions are made by consensus. general consensus: The general… …   English dictionary

• consensus — n. 1) to reach a consensus 2) a consensus that + clause (there is a consensus that we should abstain) * * * [kən sensəs] to reach a consensus a consensus that + clause (there is a consensus that we should abstain) …   Combinatory dictionary

• consensus — noun (singular, uncountable) an opinion that everyone in a group will agree with or accept: reach a consensus on: The EC Council of Finance Ministers failed to reach a consensus on the pace of integration. | consensus politics (=political ideas… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• reach — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 distance over which you can stretch, travel, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ Gorillas have a very long reach. VERB + REACH ▪ have PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary