'Consultation' definitions:
Definition of 'consultation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" [syn: consultation, audience, interview]
noun
A conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"
noun
The act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: reference, consultation]
Definition of 'Consultation'
From: GCIDE
- Consultation \Con`sul*ta"tion\, n. [L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation.]
- 1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. [1913 Webster]
- Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. [1913 Webster]
- Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consultation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Consultation'
- Consult,
- Consultative,
- Consulted,
- Consulter,
- Consulting,
- Consultive,
- consultancy,
- consultant,
- Consulting physician,
- Writ of consultation,
- beauty consultant,
- consulting company,
- consulting firm,
- consulting service,
- fashion consultant,
- management consultant,
- management consulting,
- media consultant,
- security consultant