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# assent

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

«assent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Agreement or permission, especially official agreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#m1)
2. (verb, formal) To agree to something. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/#m3)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «assent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«assent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assent.html) on Mova free.