consort /konˈsört or -sərt (archaic, -sörtˈ)/

1. A partner
2. A companion
3. A wife or husband, esp of a reigning monarch
4. An accompanying ship
5. A partnership or association (obsolete)
6. Agreement, accord (obsolete)
7. Formerly, a small group of instruments played or musicians playing together

1. To accompany
2. To associate, combine or unite (with)

1. To associate or keep company (with)
2. To agree

consortˈed adjective

Associated

consortˈer noun

conˈsortism noun

Symbiosis

consortium /kon-sörˈti-əm, -shəm or -shi-əm/ noun (pl consorˈtia or (esp N American) consorˈtiums)

1. A combination of several banks, business concerns, or other bodies
2. Fellowship
3. Association
4. The association of fungus and alga in a lichen
5. In marriage, the right of a spouse to the company, affection and assistance of the other (law)

in consort

1. In company
2. In harmony

• the birds and the bees
• the bishop has put his foot in it
• the bitch goddess
• the biter bit
• the bitter end
• the Blessed Virgin
• the blind leading the blind
• the blues
• the Blues
• swishings
• swishy
• Swiss
• Swiss army knife
• Swiss army knives
• Swiss ball
• Swiss balls
• Swiss chard
• Swiss cheese plant
• Swiss cheese plants
• Swisses
• Swiss fondue
• Swiss Guards
• swissing
• swissings
• Swiss roll