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🤝 To agree together 💻 To agree in computing
to reach a consensus

to reach a consensus

5.4
Computers in a network agree on the same data or system state
  • phrasal verb
  • Specialized
translation icon : alcanzar un consenso
  • Engineers used Paxos to help the nodes reach a consensus despite several machine failures.

Examples

  • They finally reached a consensus after the leader election completed and logs matched.

  • Before committing the block, the network must reach a consensus on transaction order.

  • We need to reach a consensus before moving forward.

  • Did the team reach a consensus on the project?

  • The developers needed to reach a consensus on the software updates to ensure all nodes were synchronized.

  • To maintain stability, the system must reach a consensus on the latest configuration among all connected devices.

  • In order to proceed with the update, it is essential that all nodes reach a consensus regarding the new protocol.

Synonyms

to reach an agreement
vsto reach a consensus
35 3.0

Decide together after talking about the terms

is done by network nodes using an algorithm to establish one system state

Antonyms

to conflict
135 4.1

To be against something or not agree with it

How Consistent

to reach a consensus
  • Specialized
5.4
to agree
255 1.0
to diverge
19 6.8

Surface Forms

reach a consensus infinitive
reached a consensus past
reached a consensus past participle
reaching a consensus present participle
reaches a consensus third person singular

Morphology

reach + a + consensus

The meaning 'to come to or attain a shared decision' is directly and compositionally derived from 'reach' (attain) + 'consensus' (shared decision); the article 'a' is semantically light. This motion/attainment + group-decision pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'llegar a un consenso'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand the expression.

Etymology

The computing sense of reach a consensus uses a similar image: many computers change until they all show the same result, so they reach the same point and consensus means 'agreement'. That's why systems 'reach a consensus' when every machine agrees on one value.