Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - consort
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Consort
consort
(consorted) 1. If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing. (FORMAL) He regularly consorted with known drug-dealers. = associate VERB: V with n c darkgreen]disapproval 2. The ruling monarch’s wife or husband is called their consort. At tea-time, Victoria sang duets with her Consort, Prince Albert... She was surely the most distinguished queen consort we have had. N-COUNT; N-TITLE: oft n N
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin ~-, consors partner, sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, share — more at series Date: 15th century 1. associate 2. a ship accompanying another 3. spouse — compare prince ~, queen ~ II. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from ~ Date: 1584 1. conjunction, association he ruled in ~ with his father 2. group, assembly a ~ of specialists 3. a. a group of singers or instrumentalists performing together b. a set of musical instruments of the same family III. verb Date: 1588 transitive verb 1. unite, associate 2. obsolete escort intransitive verb 1. to keep company ~ing with criminals 2. obsolete to make harmony ; play 3. accord, harmonize the illustrations ~ admirably with the text — Times Literary Supplement ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a wife or husband, esp. of royalty (prince consort). 2 a ship sailing with another. --v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by with, together) a keep company; associate. b harmonize. 2 tr. class or bring together. Etymology: ME f. F f. L consors sharer, comrade (as com-, sors sortis lot, destiny) 2. n. Mus. a group of players or instruments, esp. playing early music (recorder consort). Etymology: earlier form of concert ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уст. офиц. супруг; супруга prince consort —- принц-консорт; супруг царствующей королевы (не являющийся королем) queen consort —- королева-супруга 2. мор. корабль сопровождения 3. группа музыкальных инструментов (оркестра) a consort of viols —- группа виол 4. гармония, согласованность in consort with —- в согласии с (чем-л.); совместно (с кем-л.) 5. часто неодобр. общаться, якшаться to consort with wild young men —- связаться с подозрительной молодежной компанией to consort together —- столкнуться с кем-л. 6. (with, to)соответствовать, гармонировать it does not consort with his ideas —- это противоречит его взглядам ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) супруг(а) (особ. о королевской семье) - Prince Consort 2) naut. корабль сопровождения 2. v. 1) общаться (with) No son of mine shall consort with common criminals. 2) гармонировать, соответствовать (with) The politicians actions do not consort with the promises in his speeches. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 in consort (with sb) formal doing something together with someone (The prince ruled in consort with his father.) 2 the wife or husband of a ruler (- see also prince consort) 3 a group of people who play music from former times or the group of old-fashioned instruments they use ~2 v formal I + with/together to spend time with someone who other people disapprove of (consorting with the enemy (=spending time with and helping the enemies of your country)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1419, from M.Fr. consort "colleague, partner, wife," from L. consortem (nom. consors, gen. consortis) "partner, neighbor," from com- "with" + sors "a share, lot" (see sort). Sense of "husband or wife" is 17c. Confused in form and sense with concert since 1584. Consortium is 1829, from L. "partnership." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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