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# assent

«assent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Agreement or permission, especially official agreement** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (assent; uncountable); verb (assent, assents, assented, assenting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Agreement or permission, especially official agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#m1)

2) (verb, formal) To agree to something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#m2)

3) (law, UK) Royal Assent: the monarch's official approval that turns a bill into a law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in history, law and exam texts. In stories it shows someone agreeing, often with a nod. In UK citizenship lessons, a bill gets Royal Assent to become an Act. Phrases: give assent, nod of assent, Royal Assent, assent to.

### examples

- She nodded her assent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x1)
- The bill received Royal Assent and became law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x2)
- The head teacher gave her assent to the plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x3)
- Everyone assented to the new rules of the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x4)
- Without his parents' assent, he could not join the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x5)
- The king assented to the treaty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x6)
- A murmur of assent went round the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x7)
- The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#x8)

### note

Formal; plain word: agreement, agree. Homophone trap: assent (agreement) sounds like ascent (going up, a climb). Opposite: dissent. Usually "assent to" something.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «assent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.