consortium
noun
con·sor·tium
kən-ˈsȯr-sh(ē-)əm 
-ˈsȯr-tē-əm
plural consortia
kən-ˈsȯr-sh(ē-)ə
-ˈsȯr-tē-ə
also consortiums
1
: an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member
A consortium of researchers decoded the honeybee genome.
2
3
: the legal right of one spouse to the company, affection, and assistance of and to sexual relations with the other
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Examples of consortium in a Sentence
A Japanese consortium invested millions in the technology.
a consortium for the prevention of animal cruelty
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The French Ministry of Culture and a consortium of public and private partners have worked together to manage and coordinate the monumental project.
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Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
Ideally, a consortium of merchants could pool data to help businesses build more accurate models that learn from diverse fraud patterns.
—Parth Vatsal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
As Clavin describes, the violence of the period often was perpetrated by consortiums of big land owners intent on swallowing up their smaller competition.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Block created a consortium of UHF broadcasters and lobbied the FCC for parity between UHF and VHF, which opened the door for a fourth network.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
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Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
Ideally, a consortium of merchants could pool data to help businesses build more accurate models that learn from diverse fraud patterns.
—Parth Vatsal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
As Clavin describes, the violence of the period often was perpetrated by consortiums of big land owners intent on swallowing up their smaller competition.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Block created a consortium of UHF broadcasters and lobbied the FCC for parity between UHF and VHF, which opened the door for a fourth network.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for consortium
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“Consortium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consortium. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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consortium
noun
con·sor·tium
kən-ˈsȯr-shəm; -shē-əm
plural consortia
-shə, -shē-ə
also consortiums
also consortiums
1
: an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member
2
[Medieval Latin, marital partnership, from Latin]
: the right of one spouse to the company, affection, and assistance of and to sexual relations with the other
also
: the right of a parent or child to the company, affection, and assistance of the other
suing for loss of consortium
compare society
Etymology
Latin, sharing, partnership, from consort-, consors sharer, partner
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