dissent
verb (used without object)
to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed byfrom ).
will dissent
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future tenseof dissent.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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It is not known how many shareholders will dissent as many choose not to go public.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
If the court eventually rules in the inmate’s favor, Justice Alito will dissent.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2015
Which one of you will dissent first, to become a spectator as the other asserts yourself about what you’re going to watch?
From Forbes ● Oct. 18, 2013
“I think Charles Plosser of Philadelphia and Richard Fisher of Dallas probably will dissent from time to time,” Gramley said today in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Fast Forward” with Peter Cook.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 28, 2010
To transform aloofness to neighborliness, tumult to conciliation, quarreling to friendliness, hostility to good will, dissent must give way to assent, distrust to faith, denial to admission, misgiving to conviction, political atheism to political revelation.
From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by John Hubert Greusel
