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 consortium is led by Starwood Capital Group and U.S. investment firms Sixth Street and SSW Partners, according to the statement.
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Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The consortium is building maps of 18 biological networks, the most complex of which is the brain, and the first complete draft of the Human Cell Atlas will be published in 2026, Regev said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
In its first year, the Hub also created a demand consortium of companies that agreed to pay extra for the first 15 million gallons of SAF produced in Minnesota and celebrated the first airplane fueled by SAF flying out of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Frosch said.
—Ingrid Harbo, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2024
BandLab agreed to abide by the principles of the Human Artistry Campaign, a global consortium organizing to ensure rights holders get a say in AI’s use of their work, when developing its toolset.
—Allegra Rosenberg, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
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Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The consortium is building maps of 18 biological networks, the most complex of which is the brain, and the first complete draft of the Human Cell Atlas will be published in 2026, Regev said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
In its first year, the Hub also created a demand consortium of companies that agreed to pay extra for the first 15 million gallons of SAF produced in Minnesota and celebrated the first airplane fueled by SAF flying out of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Frosch said.
—Ingrid Harbo, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2024
BandLab agreed to abide by the principles of the Human Artistry Campaign, a global consortium organizing to ensure rights holders get a say in AI’s use of their work, when developing its toolset.
—Allegra Rosenberg, WIRED, 28 Oct. 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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