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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
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
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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PROSODIC
(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
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