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CONSORTIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: consortia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An association of companies for some definite purpose

Synonyms:

consortium; pool; syndicate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

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

cartel; combine; corporate trust; trust (a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center is a cancer research consortium that integrates and builds on the collective talent and resources of seven Harvard-affiliated institutions: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard, School of Public Health, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

(Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

International consortium of over 25 groups and multiple investigators pursuing collaborative research on the epidemiology of prostate cancer.

(International Consortium on Prostate Cancer Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)