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consultation

consultation

102 4.1
A meeting with a professional to get advice and make a decision
  • noun
  • /ˌkɒn.sʌlˈteɪ.ʃən/
translation icon : consulta
  • Before making any major changes, we arranged a consultation with a financial advisor.
  • initial consultation
  • telephone consultation
  • consultation session

What if I told you that my buyer consultations will guarantee me a sale?

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Examples

  • The university's Board of Trustees executive committee approved the decision Friday after consultation with state convention leaders.

    Academic text (2017)
  • A consultation about a medical problem?

  • Start today with a free consultation and review.

  • Just had the skin consultation and we're ready to go.

  • When they bring me in for that consultation, I say, look, you have to be a leader.

  • So basically a typical consultation is an hour.

  • Uh, normally, the first time is a consultation.

  • I see that it's been quite a while since your first consultation.

  • I'm here for a consultation.

  • So what was the next few months, the next year like after that consultation with Doctor McGill?

Synonyms

discussion
vsconsultation
1.4

A conversation where people share ideas and opinions to decide or understand

includes professionals or people in authority rather than ordinary participants
guidance
vsconsultation
248 2.1

Help or advice that someone gives to decide what to do

is an arranged meeting with professionals to seek advice, not just information
convenance
vsconsultation
  • Archaic
9.9

A meeting of people to discuss and decide important matters

is the common modern meeting for advice rather than an archaic term

How Formal

hearing
  • Formal
3.6
consultation
102 4.1
discussion
1.4
meeting
1.0
chat
  • Informal
312 1.0

Surface Forms

consultation singular
consultations plural

Morphology

consultation = consult (transparent) = consult + ation

Formed by the verb 'consult' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ation'; the meaning 'a meeting or the act of consulting' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word consultation comes from the Latin verb consultare, which means 'to ask advice' or 'take counsel'. So a consultation is literally a meeting to ask advice and make a decision.