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consultancy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsʌl.tən.si/
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian, New-Zealand: /kənˈsɐl.tən.si/
India: /ˈkən.səl.ˈʈen.siː/
CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S AH1 L T AH0 N S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

A consultant or consulting firm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

For a PR campaign like never before, one needs a consultancy of unprecedented scope and power.

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noun

Meaning 2

The services offered by a consultant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

I've been doing IT consultancy for three years.

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noun

Meaning 3

the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

a business management consultancy

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Broader terms: practice

History

Etymology

From consultant + -cy or consult + -ancy.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Dutch: adviesbureau — consulting firm
Dutch: consultancybedrijf — consulting firm
Finnish: konsulttiyhtiö — consulting firm
French: cabinet de conseil — consulting firm
French: société de conseil — consulting firm
Italian: consulenza — consulting firm
Polish: firma konsultingowa — consulting firm
Portuguese: consultoria — consulting firm
Sicilian: cunzulenza — consulting firm

Word forms

Inflections and variants

consultancies — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: e-consultancy

Related: consultant

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Hypernyms: practice

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