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consortium
What does consortium mean?
consortium (noun): an association of companies for some definite purpose.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use consortium in a sentence?
- This consortium has thirteen members. (Tatoeba sentence #5379462 by Youmu970, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does consortium come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of consortium?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “consortium” mean?
a brief version of the essential meaning of something
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something done (usually as opposed to something said)
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an association of companies for some definite purpose
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a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse
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Which word is closest in meaning to “consortium”?
treatment
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character
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situation
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syndicate
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