Consultation

Quick meaning: Consultation is a noun meaning The act of consulting.

Meaning

The act of consulting.

More Meanings

1. A conference for the exchange of information and advice.
2. An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

Example Sentences

Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.

Last month I went to a "consultation" on racism and sexism sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It was the first of a series of five conferences designed to bring people together fighting racism and sexiam ^([sic]) to discuss […]

Plans were prepared under the auspices of the L.S.W.R. by W. R. Galbraith and R. F. Church, with J. F. Greathead in consultation, for a deep-level electric line on the tube principle, 1½ miles long, from a point under the main-line terminus at Waterloo to the eastern end of Queen Victoria Street, […].

Word Forms

• consultations

Synonyms for consultation

Depending on context, synonyms include reference, interview, audience.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interview, reference, audience, consulter, consultative, consultant.

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