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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-suh l-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn səlˈteɪ ʃən

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Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French consultation, from Latin consultationem (nominative consultatio), from past participle stem of consultare "consult, ask counsel of; reflect, consider maturely," frequentative of consulere "to deliberate, consider," originally probably "to call together," as in consulere senatum "to gather the senate" (to ask for advice), from com- "with" (see com-) + *selere "take, gather (the Senate) together," from PIE root *sal- "to take, seize."
  • noun asking, conference
Example sentences :
  • Linda already had held a consultation with Katy on the subject of the lunch basket.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • At the end of an hour or two, we ceased rowing, and held a consultation.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The expedition returned to Queenstown, and a consultation took place.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • I tried to get up, but I couldn't, and then they got together, for a consultation.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • And you, gentlemen, do me the favour to step this way for a consultation.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • A regency was proposed; and six physicians were called in to act in consultation.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • There is a rumor that Charles Kingsley was included in the consultation.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • And probably at this consultation his—the Marchesino's—fate had been decided.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • He has a great deal of trouble, too, especially on his consultation days.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • Their consultation that afternoon was of a peculiarly delicate nature.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
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