consulate
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈkɒnsjʊlɪt/
- Formal
:
consulado
- So he reached out to the consulate by himself, and in three months, they issued the visa.
- U.S. consulate
- embassies and consulates
- Consulate General
And though some of their fighters attacked the consulate as well.
- And though some of their fighters attacked the consulate as well.
- You have everyone in this country go to their embassy or to their consulate and you register.
- So he reached out to the consulate by himself, and in three months, they issued the visa.
- But at every point it didn't, it didn't jibe with what we know happened inside the consulate and the embassy.
- And the ambassadors, consulates and so forth, they're hiring private security in their neighborhood.
- And, you know, I get the call and the consulate is like, well, what do you want to do?
- So they entered me and then I got contact from the the consulate general of North Korea.
- This was, this is my third, like saviour, the British Consulate.
- It was like, man, all this energy you wasted because the consulate that there are trees that surround the consulate while they're all on fire.
- You're out here at the Australian consulate and wherever this is Buffalo, NY, and you can't handle yourself.
- And then they put me on the phone to my embassy while to I spoke to the consulate and he told me the same thing as the woman from the airline.
- We had the British Consulate joining, we had the WWF, Nat Geo members and then just members of public in China because it was a lot bigger in China.
Examples
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It's a map of Mexico and where the US consulates are located.
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The consulate in London offers various services to American citizens living in the UK.
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No, I need to talk to someone at the consulate who can help me.
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These men also work for the consulate.
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Get to the American consulate.
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Then, as they continued toward the consulate, he noticed security cameras on the building.
Fiction book (2002) -
I had to go to Milan, find where the Canadian consulate was located.
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You need to get him at the consulate in Istanbul, right?
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I was introduced to her by an old diplomat at a reception at the consulate in Paris.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Finnish consulate has contacted the State Department.
Synonyms
574
3.3
A building and people who represent their country in a foreign country
13
3.9
A group of people sent by one country to represent it in another at an embassy or consulate
3
9.9
A permanent diplomatic office in another country led by a minister rather than an ambassador
A government building where diplomats live and work, like an embassy or consulate
The office and staff who represent a country in a foreign land
A permanent office in another country that represents its government and helps with official relations
How Official
574
3.3
- Formal
159
6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Consulate comes from consul, a Roman official, and is related to the English verb consult, from a root that means 'to advise'. So a consulate is the place where a consul helps and advises a country's citizens abroad, which is why it is an office for help and official matters.