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Meaning 1
The 42nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
consultation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˌkɒnsɫ̩ˈteɪʃn̩]
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: [ˌkɑnsɫ̩ˈteɪʃn̩]
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Canada, dialectal: /ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/ of the US
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Canada, dialectal: [ˌkɒnsɫ̩ˈteɪʃn̩] of the US
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Australian: /ˌkɔnsəlˈtæɪʃən/
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Australian: [ˌkɔnsɫ̩ˈtæɪʃn̩]
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New-Zealand: /ˌkɒnsəlˈtæɪʃən/
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New-Zealand: [ˌkɔ̟nsɫ̩ˈtæɪʃn̩]
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N S AH0 L T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of consulting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A conference for the exchange of information and advice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the act of referring or consulting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reference
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: action
noun
Meaning 6
a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- frequent consultations with his lawyer
- a consultation of several medical specialists
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conference, group discussion
Narrower terms: sidebar
noun
Meaning 7
a conference (usually with someone important)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had a consultation with the judge
- he requested an audience with the king
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: audience, interview
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conference, group discussion
History
Etymology
From Middle French consultation, from Latin consultatio. Morphologically consult + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سورة الشورى — 42nd sura of the Qur'an
- Uyghur: شۇرا (shura) — 42nd sura of the Qur'an
- Arabic: مُشَاوَرَة (mušāwara) — act of consulting
- Arabic: اِسْتِشَارَة (istišāra) — act of consulting
- Arabic: مُدَاوَلَة (mudāwala) — act of consulting
- Armenian: խորհրդատվություն (xorhrdatvutʻyun) — act of consulting
- Azerbaijani: məsləhətləşmə — act of consulting
- Azerbaijani: müşavirə — act of consulting
- Azerbaijani: konsultasiya — act of consulting
- Belarusian: кансульта́цыя (kansulʹtácyja) — act of consulting
- Bulgarian: консулта́ция (konsultácija) — act of consulting
- Catalan: consulta — act of consulting
- Chinese Mandarin: 會診 /会诊 (huìzhěn) — act of consulting
- Chinese Mandarin: 磋商 (cuōshāng) — act of consulting
- Chinese Mandarin: 諮詢 /谘询 (zīxún) — act of consulting
- Czech: konzultace — act of consulting
- Danish: konsultation — act of consulting
- Dutch: consultatie — act of consulting
- Dutch: samenspraak — act of consulting
- Estonian: konsultatsioon — act of consulting
- Estonian: nõupidamine — act of consulting
- Finnish: konsultaatio — act of consulting
- Finnish: neuvonpito — act of consulting
- Finnish: neuvottelu — act of consulting
- French: consultation — act of consulting
- Georgian: კონსულტაცია (ḳonsulṭacia) — act of consulting
- German: Beratung — act of consulting
- German: Konsultation — act of consulting
- Greek: διαβούλευση (diavoúlefsi) — act of consulting
- Hindi: परामर्श (parāmarś) — act of consulting
- Hindi: मशविरा (maśvirā) — act of consulting
- Hungarian: konzultáció — act of consulting
- Hungarian: tanácskozás — act of consulting
- Indonesian: konsultasi — act of consulting
- Italian: consultazione — act of consulting
- Japanese: 相談 (sōdan) — act of consulting
- Japanese: 協議 (kyōgi) — act of consulting
- Japanese: 商議 (shōgi) — act of consulting
- Javanese: sarawèdi — act of consulting
- Kazakh: мәслихат (mäslixat) — act of consulting
- Korean: 협의 (hyeobui) — act of consulting
- Korean: 상의 (sang'ui) — act of consulting
- Korean: 상담 (sangdam) — act of consulting
- Kyrgyz: консультация (konsultatsiya) — act of consulting
- Latvian: konsultācija — act of consulting
- Lithuanian: konsultacija — act of consulting
- Macedonian: консултација (konsultacija) — act of consulting
- Norwegian Bokmål: konsultasjon — act of consulting
- Norwegian Nynorsk: konsultasjon — act of consulting
- Persian: مشاوره (mošâvere) — act of consulting
- Persian: مشورت (mašvarat) — act of consulting
- Persian: مصلحت (maslahat) — act of consulting
- Polish: konsultacja — act of consulting
- Portuguese: consulta — act of consulting
- Romanian: consultare — act of consulting
- Romanian: consultație — act of consulting
- Russian: консульта́ция (konsulʹtácija) — act of consulting
- Serbo-Croatian: конзулта́ција — act of consulting
- Serbo-Croatian: konzultácija — act of consulting
- Slovak: konzultácia — act of consulting
- Slovene: konzultacija — act of consulting
- Spanish: consulta — act of consulting
- Swedish: samhälle — act of consulting
- Swedish: konsultation — act of consulting
- Tajik: машварат (mašvarat) — act of consulting
- Tajik: маслиҳат (maslihat) — act of consulting
- Thai: การปรึกษา (gaan-bprʉ̀k-sǎa) — act of consulting
- Thai: การหารือ (gaan-hǎa-rʉʉ) — act of consulting
- Turkish: meşveret — act of consulting
- Turkish: müşavere — act of consulting
- Turkish: konsültasyon — act of consulting
- Ottoman Turkish: مشورت (meşveret) — act of consulting
- Ottoman Turkish: قونسولتو (konsolto) — act of consulting
- Ukrainian: консульта́ція (konsulʹtácija) — act of consulting
- Urdu: مصلحت (maslahat) — act of consulting
- Urdu: مشورت (maśvarat) — act of consulting
- Urdu: مشورہ (maśvirā) — act of consulting
- Uzbek: maslahat — act of consulting
- Uzbek: mashvarat — act of consulting
- Uzbek: konsultatsiya — act of consulting
- Vietnamese: sự tham khảo — act of consulting
- Spanish: consultación — a conference for the exchange of information and advice
- Ottoman Turkish: مشورت (meşveret) — a conference for the exchange of information and advice
- Ottoman Turkish: قونسولتو (konsolto) — a conference for the exchange of information and advice
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