Dictionary Definition
consultation
Noun
1 a conference (usually with someone important);
"he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience
with the king" [syn: audience, interview]
2 a conference between two or more people to
consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his
lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"
3 the act of referring or consulting; "reference
to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: reference]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- the act of consulting
- a conference for the exchange of information and advice
- An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
Extensive Definition
Consultation may refer to:
- public consultation, a process by which the public's input on matters affecting them is sought
- Consultation (Texas), the 1835 Texas meeting of colonists on a proposed rebellion against the Republic of Mexico
- Consultation (doctor), a formal meeting with a doctor for discussion or the seeking of advice
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, audience, bargaining, bargaining
session, briefing,
caution, caveat, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, convention, council, council fire, council
of war, counsel,
direction, discussion, exchange of
views, exhortation,
expostulation,
eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, guidance, high-level talk,
hortation, huddle, idea, instruction, interchange of
views, interview,
meeting, monition, negotiations, news
conference, opinion,
palaver, parley, pourparler, powwow, press conference,
proposal, recommendation, remonstrance, seance, session, sitting, suggestion, summit, summit conference,
summitry, thought, warning