consultant
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3.8
- noun
- /kənˈsʌltənt/
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consultor
- The company hired a consultant to improve its marketing strategy.
- senior consultant
- industry consultant
- an educational consultant
She used to work for as a consultant for casinos.
- She used to work for as a consultant for casinos.
- Is that when a script consultant might be helpful?
- And we sometimes would hire outside consultants to run, you know, research for us.
- I was teenage health consultant, which was this little health program.
- When I spoke to the consultant, he said.
- You're a diamond mine consultant in Ghana?
- I was a trial consultant and we never gave interviews.
- But when I saw my consultant, I said is the cancer HPV?
- I had nothing to sell really other than my time as a consultant in social media.
- And what I did was I was lucky to be asked to be a consultant for various movies.
- This is what I would call a consultant.
Examples
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Ask a Merrill Lynch financial consultant who can help with a plan.
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And so, you know, I went off to work at Mackenzie as a consultant for three years.
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For instance, anyone calling themselves a prison consultant in an interview.
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Mostly he had worked as a consultant, and I guess he knew a lot of people.
Fiction book (1994) -
What if we looked at it from a consultant perspective?
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Patients with previously diagnosed heart failure should be referred for consultant opinion when:
Academic text (2011) -
We hire expert consultants to double and triple check our work.
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If you want a financial consultant on your team, go to stockhack.com.
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In the past I was a police procedure consultant to some of Sebastian's films.
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You know, James Carville was a consultant to the Terry McAuliffe campaign.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who knows a lot about a subject and can help others
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3.9
A person who knows a lot about one area of work or study
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2.8
A person who gives expert advice about a particular subject
A person who gives expert advice to an organization or church
A person who gives advice or information as an expert
Compounds
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4.1
A person who gives advice to companies on how to run their business better
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3.7
A person who advises organizations and people how to use TV, radio, internet, and newspapers to get public attention
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4.5
A person who advises businesses or homes on protecting buildings and property, for example with alarms and cameras
- Specialized
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3.5
A person who advises companies on protecting computers and data from hackers and attacks
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Consultant comes from the root consult, from an old word meaning 'to ask' or 'to take advice'. Think of counsel ('advice'); a consultant is someone you ask for expert advice, so the word means a professional adviser.