CONSULTATION

reference, consultation

(noun) the act of referring or consulting; “reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer”

consultation

(noun) a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; “frequent consultations with his lawyer”; “a consultation of several medical specialists”

consultation, audience, interview

(noun) a conference (usually with someone important); “he had a consultation with the judge”; “he requested an audience with the king”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

consultation (countable and uncountable, plural consultations)

the act of consulting

a conference for the exchange of information and advice

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

Proper noun

Consultation

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Con`sul*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation.]

1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. Milton.

2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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