consultation
Syllables: con·sul·ta·tion/ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/US/ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/
consultation noun: the act of consulting.
Noun
consultation (countable and uncountable, plural consultations)
- The act of consulting.
- 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...1958 August, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 517
- 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.2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport
- A conference for the exchange of information and advice.
- 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 […]1974 April 6, Linda Thurston, “U.S. Civil Rights Conference--Heterosexuals Only”, in Gay Community News, page 3
- An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
Proper noun capitalized: Consultation
Consultation
consultation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
consultation in Hindi
- act of consulting
- परामर्श parāmarś, मशविरा maśvirā
consultation in Tamil
- அறிவுரை பெறுதல், ஆலோசித்தல், கலந்தறிதல், கலந்து அறிதல், கலந்தாய்வு, கலந்து பேசுதல்
consultation in Marathi
- सल्लामसलत
consultation in Urdu
- act of consulting
- مصلحت maslahat, مشورت maśvarat, مشورہ maśvirā
More languagesFewer languages
- consultation in Bengali
- মাশোয়ারা maśōẇara
- consultation in Telugu
- ఆలోచన ālōcana
- consultation in Malayalam
- കൂടിയാലോചന, വിദഗ്ദ്ധാഭിപ്രായം
- consultation in Kannada
- ಸಮಾಲೋಚನೆ
- consultation in Punjabi
- ਸਲਾਹ-ਮਸ਼ਵਰਾ, ਸਲਾਹ ਮਸ਼ਵਰਾ
- consultation in Gujarati
- પરામર્શ, સલાહ-વિચારણા
- consultation in Sanskrit
- मन्त्र mántra
- consultation in Arabic
- مُشَاوَرَة mušāwara, اِسْتِشَارَة istišāra, مُدَاوَلَة mudāwala
- consultation in Indonesian
- konsultasi
- consultation in Persian
- مشاوره mošâvere, مشورت mašvarat, مصلحت maslahat
- consultation in Thai
- การปรึกษา gaan-bprʉ̀k-sǎa, การหารือ gaan-hǎa-rʉʉ
- consultation in Vietnamese
- sự tham khảo
Examples of consultation in a sentence
- The doctor ordered a consultation with another doctor in a different specialty.
- When the patient entered the consultation room, the neurologist immediately noted his ebrious step, and suspected a lesion of the cerebellum.
- "The way the consultation has been handled is suboptimal," she continued.
Forms of consultation
| plural | consultations |
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Origin of consultation
From Middle French consultation, from Latin consultatio. Morphologically consult + -ation.
Words formed from consultation
Words that rhyme with consultation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about consultation
- What does consultation mean?
- Consultation means the act of consulting.
- What is consultation in Hindi?
- Consultation in Hindi is परामर्श (parāmarś), मशविरा (maśvirā). See Consultation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is consultation?
- Consultation can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce consultation?
- Consultation is pronounced /ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of consultation?
- The plural of consultation is consultations.
Words near consultation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: consultation (page history and authors); Consultation (page history and authors); consultation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consultation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); মাশোয়ারা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ఆలోచన (Telugu) (page history and authors); consultation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consultation (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); consultation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); consultation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मन्त्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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