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consulting - 5 dictionary results

con⋅sult⋅ing

[kuhn-suhl-ting]
–adjective
1. employed or involved in giving professional advice to the public or to those practicing the profession: a consulting physician.
2. of, pertaining to, or used for consultation: a physician's consulting room.

Origin:
1790–1800; consult + -ing 2

con⋅sult

[v. kuhn-suhlt; n. kon-suhlt, kuhn-suhlt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to seek advice or information from; ask guidance from: Consult your lawyer before signing the contract.
2. to refer to for information: Consult your dictionary for the spelling of the word.
3. to have regard for (a person's interest, convenience, etc.) in making plans.
4. Obsolete. to meditate, plan, or contrive.
–verb (used without object)
5. to consider or deliberate; take counsel; confer (usually fol. by with): He consulted with his doctor.
6. to give professional or expert advice; serve as consultant.
–noun
7. a consultation.
8. Archaic. a secret meeting, esp. one for seditious purposes.

Origin:
1525–35; (< MF consulter) < L consultāre to deliberate, consult, freq. of consulere to consult, take counsel; cf. consul


1. Consult, confer imply talking over a situation or a subject with someone to decide points in doubt. To consult is to seek from a presumably qualified person or source advice, opinion, etc.: to consult an authority. To confer is to exchange views: The partners conferred concerning their business.
con·sult   (kən-sŭlt')   
v.   con·sult·ed, con·sult·ing, con·sults

v.   tr.
    1. To seek advice or information of: consult an attorney.
    2. To refer to: consulted a telephone directory for the number.
  1. To take into account; consider: consult one's checkbook before making a major purchase.
v.   intr.
  1. To exchange views; confer.
  2. To work or serve as a consultant: a retired executive who consults for several large companies.
n.   (kən-sŭlt', kŏn'sŭlt')
A consultation, especially one involving physicians.

[French consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre, frequentative of cōnsulere, to take counsel.]
con·sult'er n.

Consulting

Con*sult"ing\, a. That consults.

Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.

Main Entry: con·sult·ing
Pronunciation: k&n-'s&l-ti[ng]
Function: adjective
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