consensus

consensus, accord général

Accord partagé par la plupart ou la totalité des membres d’un groupe.

En anglais simple : Agreement shared by most or all people in a group.

• We finally reached a consensus.
• There is no consensus on the best solution.
• The consensus among doctors is that regular exercise helps.

Comment l'utiliser : consensus on/about something (There is broad consensus on the need for change.); consensus among people (A consensus emerged among the researchers.); consensus that… (The consensus is that the plan will work.)

Synonymes : agreement

Contraires : disagreement

Expressions courantes : reach a consensus, broad consensus, consensus on something

décision par consensus

Méthode de décision collective qui cherche un large accord et résout les objections plutôt que de simplement compter les voix.

En anglais simple : A way of making group decisions by seeking broad agreement and resolving objections rather than simply counting votes.

• We use consensus to make decisions.
• Consensus gives each member a chance to raise objections.
• The committee adopted a consensus process instead of majority voting.

Comment l'utiliser : by consensus (The group makes decisions by consensus.)

Synonymes : consensus decision-making

Expressions courantes : by consensus, consensus decision making, consensus process

prévision consensuelle, estimation moyenne

Moyenne des prévisions de plusieurs spécialistes, notamment sur l’économie ou les résultats des entreprises.

En anglais simple : The average of several experts’ predictions, especially about money or business results.

• Profits were above consensus.
• The consensus forecast puts annual growth at two percent.
• Sales fell short of the analysts’ consensus estimate.

Synonymes : average forecast, average estimate

Expressions courantes : consensus forecast, consensus estimate, above consensus