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consortium

American  
[kuhn-sawr-shee-uhm, -tee-] / kənˈsɔr ʃi əm, -ti- /

noun

plural

consortia

  1. a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.

  2. any association, partnership, or union.

  3. Law. the legal right of partners in a marriage to companionship and conjugal intercourse with each other.

    In a wrongful death action the surviving spouse commonly seeks damages for loss of consortium.
consortium British  
/ kənˈsɔːtɪəm /

noun

  1. an association of financiers, companies, etc, esp one formed for a particular purpose

  2. law the right of husband or wife to the company, assistance, and affection of the other

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • consortial adjective

Etymology

Origin of consortium

1820–30; < Latin: partnership, equivalent to consort- consort + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

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The right-back joined Newcastle from Atletico Madrid in January 2022 as the first signing following the club's takeover by a Saudi-led consortium.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

A government-sponsored consortium formed in 2024 has been aiming for an orderly build-out of the supply chains by 2030, by which time SSB technology will have matured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In a letter to the Home Office, the largest consortium of current providers warned Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood the move risked undermining her wider goals to secure UK borders.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Newsom said joining the WHO-led consortium would enable California to respond faster to communicable disease outbreaks and other public health threats.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

While attempting to isolate enough of the compounds in the cockroaches, an international consortium of scientists develops revolutionary technologies to increase the size of the cockroaches through genetic manipulation.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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