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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Marshall had also led a consortium backed by the U.S. hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, which had sought to acquire The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, but the group ultimately abandoned their bid.
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Robert Olsen, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Scientists at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute analyzed the results of 14 studies by scientists all over the world associated with the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology consortium.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
The ticket sold in Cottonwood, California, matched all six numbers from Dec. 27's drawing, according to a news release from the Mega Millions consortium of lotteries Saturday.
—Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2024
The satellites are the first of up to 13,000 spacecraft a consortium of Chinese companies plans to build and launch over the next decade.
—Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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Robert Olsen, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Scientists at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute analyzed the results of 14 studies by scientists all over the world associated with the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology consortium.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
The ticket sold in Cottonwood, California, matched all six numbers from Dec. 27's drawing, according to a news release from the Mega Millions consortium of lotteries Saturday.
—Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2024
The satellites are the first of up to 13,000 spacecraft a consortium of Chinese companies plans to build and launch over the next decade.
—Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Consortium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consortium. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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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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