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单词 consorting
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consort

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noun (1)

con·​sort ˈkän-ˌsȯrt How to pronounce consort (audio)
1
: associate
the criminal and his consorts
2
: a ship accompanying another
… he could see the brown sail and the red sail of their consorts C. S. Forester
3
: spouse compare prince consort, queen consort

consort

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noun (2)

1
: conjunction, association
He ruled in consort with his father.
2
: group, assembly
a consort of specialists
3
a
: a group of singers or instrumentalists performing together
b
: a set of musical instruments of the same family

consort

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verb

con·​sort kən-ˈsȯrt How to pronounce consort (audio)
kän-ˈsȯrt,
ˈkän-ˌsȯrt
consorted; consorting; consorts

transitive verb

1
: unite, associate
2
obsolete : escort

intransitive verb

1
: to keep company
consorting with criminals
2
obsolete : to make harmony : play
3
: accord, harmonize
The illustrations consort admirably with the text. The Times Literary Supplement (London)

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • better half
  • mate
  • partner
  • significant other
  • spouse

Noun (2)

  • array
  • band
  • batch
  • battery
  • body
  • boodle
  • bunch
  • cluster
  • clutch
  • constellation
  • crop
  • group
  • grouping
  • huddle
  • knot
  • lot
  • parcel
  • party
  • passel

Verb

  • associate
  • chum
  • company
  • consociate
  • fraternize
  • hang (around or out)
  • hobnob
  • hook up
  • mess around
  • pal (around)
  • run
  • sort
  • travel
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Example Sentences

Verb at college she began consorting with drug users, eventually becoming an addict herself the restaurant's sophisticated menu consorts seamlessly with its sleek, modern ambience

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1) and Verb

Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort-, consors partner, sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, share — more at series

Noun (2)

Middle French consorte, from consort — see consort entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1588, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

consort 1 of 2

noun

con·​sort ˈkän-ˌsȯrt How to pronounce consort (audio)
: a wife or husband especially of a king or queen

consort

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verb

con·​sort kən-ˈsȯrt How to pronounce consort (audio)
consorted; consorting
: to spend time with as a companion : associate

consorting

verb

present participle of consort
1
as in associating
to come or be together as friends at college she began consorting with drug users, eventually becoming an addict herself

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • associating
  • traveling
  • collaborating
  • mingling
  • mixing
  • running
  • travelling
  • fraternizing
  • connecting
  • joining
  • bonding
  • relating
  • befriending
  • hobnobbing
  • chumming
  • cooperating
  • companying
  • sorting
  • allying
  • being friends with
  • socializing
  • grouping
  • colluding
  • messing around
  • teaming
  • hooking up
  • confederating
  • coupling
  • clubbing
  • linking
  • consociating
  • friending
  • affiliating
  • interrelating
  • tying
  • taking up with
  • ganging
  • conjoining
  • rallying
  • siding
  • rubbing elbows (with)
  • banding
  • attaching
  • rubbing shoulders (with)
  • keeping company (with)
  • falling in with
  • getting along
  • hanging (around or out)
  • palling (around)
  • wedding
  • getting on
  • knotting
  • leaguing
  • tieing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • avoiding
  • shunning
  • alienating
  • snubbing
  • estranging
  • dispersing
  • cold-shouldering
  • splitting
  • disbanding
  • dissociating
  • splitting (up)
  • divorcing
  • severing
  • disjoining
  • sundering
  • breaking up
  • disuniting
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as in blending
to form a pleasing relationship the restaurant's sophisticated menu consorts seamlessly with its sleek, modern ambience

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • blending
  • correlating
  • corresponding
  • coordinating
  • matching
  • harmonizing
  • agreeing
  • grooving
  • conforming
  • assorting
  • chiming
  • meeting
  • balancing
  • merging
  • paralleling
  • bonding
  • coalescing
  • dovetailing
  • chiming in
  • fusing
  • conjoining
  • squaring
  • cohering
  • hanging together
  • tallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • conflicting
  • differing
  • contrasting
  • colliding
  • contradicting
  • clashing
  • countering
  • diverging
  • offsetting
  • counteracting
  • jarring
  • canceling (out)
  • negating
  • cancelling (out)
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