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    consort - Dictionary definition and meaning for word consort

    Definition
    (noun) the husband or wife of a reigning monarch Definition
    (noun) a family of similar musical instrument playing together
    Synonyms : choir
    Definition
    (verb) keep company with; hang out with
    Synonyms : affiliate , associate , assort
    Example Sentence
    • He associates with strange people
    • She affiliates with her colleagues
    Definition
    (verb) go together
    Synonyms : accord , agree , concord , fit in , harmonise , harmonize
    Example Sentence
    • The colors don't harmonize
    • Their ideas concorded
    Definition
    (verb) keep company
    Synonyms : run
    Example Sentence
    • the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for consort

in a musical consert (sounds like consert), many instruments play together

consort=con+saut(another wife) in hindi saut means a 'step wife' .. so if we consider both ways it becomes husband or wife

if couple SORTs their problems, they go together and accompany each other(else they break off)

consort has a similar pronunciation as CONCERT. both mean a group of people..

Consort also means a wife, husband, or companion.....COME+SORT....when two people of opposite sex or even same sex COME together and SORT out the problems in between them, they become a wife, husband, or companion of each other.

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consort - to be with the same sort, or to play with the same sort of instruments

Will u do me the honor of being my CONSORT for the CONCERT tonight?

con + sort >> the con's from a gang sort out the plan of robbery and now they are ASSISTING EACH OTHER for the robbery..

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