consultation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question

   I had frequent consultations with my lawyer before the trial.

2. 2
   noun

   a conference, usually with someone important

   They had a consultation with the judge.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of consulting.

   Plans were prepared under the auspices of the L.S.W.R. by W. R. Galbraith and R. F. Church, with J. F. Greathead in consultation, for a deep-level electric line on the tube principle, 1½ miles long, from a point under the main-line terminus at Waterloo to the eastern end of Queen Victoria Street, […].

4. 4
   noun

   A conference for the exchange of information and advice.

   Last month I went to a "consultation" on racism and sexism sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It was the first of a series of five conferences designed to bring people together fighting racism and sexiam ^([sic]) to discuss […]

5. 5
   noun

   the act of referring or consulting

6. 6
   noun

   An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

7. 7
   name

   The 42nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Etymology

From Middle French consultation, from Latin consultatio. Morphologically consult + -ation.