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CONSORT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of similar musical instrument playing together

Synonyms:

choir; consort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("consort" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The husband or wife of a reigning monarch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("consort" is a kind of...):

better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse (a person's partner in marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consort"):

prince consort (a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign)

Instance hyponyms:

Francoise d'Aubigne; Madame de Maintenon; Maintenon; Marquise de Maintenon (French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719))

Derivation:

consort (keep company)

consort (keep company with; hang out with)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep company

Example:

the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring

Synonyms:

consort; run

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "consort" is one way to...):

accompany (go or travel along with)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

consort (the husband or wife of a reigning monarch)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keep company with; hang out with

Example:

She affiliates with her colleagues

Synonyms:

affiliate; associate; assort; consort

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "consort" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "consort"):

ally (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage)

date; go out; go steady; see (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)

accompany; companion; company; keep company (be a companion to somebody)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

consort (the husband or wife of a reigning monarch)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go together

Example:

Their ideas concorded

Synonyms:

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "consort" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Verb group:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "consort"):

coordinate (be co-ordinated)

blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

The crews raced for the beach, but the boat I was in, having some start and being at once the lighter and the better manned, shot far ahead of her consort, and the bow had struck among the shore-side trees and I had caught a branch and swung myself out and plunged into the nearest thicket while Silver and the rest were still a hundred yards behind.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When the matron Houyhnhnms have produced one of each sex, they no longer accompany with their consorts, except they lose one of their issue by some casualty, which very seldom happens; but in such a case they meet again; or when the like accident befalls a person whose wife is past bearing, some other couple bestow on him one of their own colts, and then go together again until the mother is pregnant.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Well, to make a long story short, we got a few hands on board, made a good cruise home, and the HISPANIOLA reached Bristol just as Mr. Blandly was beginning to think of fitting out her consort.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)