consultation
pronunciation
How to pronounce consultation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒnslˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce consultation in American English:
US [ˌkɑːnslˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a conference (usually with someone important)
- a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question
- the act of referring or consulting
Word Origin
- consultation (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French consultation, from Latin consultationem (nominative consultatio), from past participle stem of consultare "consult, ask counsel of; reflect, consider maturely," frequentative of consulere "to deliberate, consider," originally probably "to call together," as in consulere senatum "to gather the senate" (to ask for advice), from com- "with" (see com-) + *selere "take, gather (the Senate) together," from PIE root *sal- "to take, seize."
Example
- 1. It has expedited the timetable for a public consultation .
- 2. On december 13 the beijing government published a draft plan to tackle congestion for public consultation .
- 3. But they must often wait hours for a three-minute consultation .
- 4. But most of these men , registered at the consultation as farmers , were in fact landless labourers with no aubergine experience .
- 5. There will be a brief consultation .