assent
part of speech
noun (assent; uncountable); verb (assent, assents, assented, assenting)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) Agreement or permission, especially official agreement. tree →
2) (verb, formal) To agree to something. tree →
3) (law, UK) Royal Assent: the monarch's official approval that turns a bill into a law. tree →
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 →
- The bill received Royal Assent and became law. tree →
- The head teacher gave her assent to the plan. tree →
- Everyone assented to the new rules of the game. tree →
- Without his parents' assent, he could not join the trip. tree →
- The king assented to the treaty. tree →
- A murmur of assent went round the room. tree →
- The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.