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consort - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'consort' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Consort [ n.]
- One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.
- A ship keeping company with another.
- Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.
- An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination.
- Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
2 . Consort [ v. i.]
- To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.
3 . Consort [ v. t.]
- To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.
- To attend; to accompany.

Meaning of 'consort' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . consort [ v]
Meaning (1):
- keep company with; hang out with
Example in sentence:
  • He associates with strange people;
  • She affiliates with her colleagues
Meaning (2):
- go together
Example in sentence:
  • The colors don't harmonize;
  • Their ideas concorded
Meaning (3):
- keep company
Example in sentence:
  • the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring