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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSULTATION, n.
1. The act of consulting; deliberation of two or more persons, with a view to some decision.
The chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes. Mark 15.
2. The persons who consult together; a number of persons seeking mutually each others opinions and advice; a council for deliberation; as, a consultation of physicians was called.
Writ of consultation, in law, a writ awarded by a superior court, to return a cause, which had been removed by prohibition from the court Christian, to its original jurisdiction; so called because the judges on consultation find the prohibition ill founded.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" [syn: consultation, audience, interview]
2: a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"
3: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: reference, consultation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. council, conference; specifically a deliberation between physicians on a case or its treatment 2. the act of consulting or conferring

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a meeting arranged to consult (esp. with a consultant). 2 the act or an instance of consulting. 3 a conference. Etymology: ME f. OF consultation or L consultatio (as consultant)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Consultation Con`sul*ta"tion, n. [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(consultations) 1. A consultation is a meeting which is held to discuss something. Consultation is discussion about something. Next week he'll be in Florida for consultations with President Mitterrand... The plans were drawn up in consultation with the World Health Organisation... N-VAR 2. A consultation with a doctor or other expert is a meeting with them to discuss a particular problem and get their advice. Consultation is the process of getting advice from a doctor or other expert. (mainly BRIT) A personal diet plan is devised after a consultation with a nutritionist. N-VAR 3. A consultation is a meeting where several doctors discuss a patient and his or her condition and treatment. (AM) N-COUNT 4. Consultation of a book or other source of information is looking at it in order to find out certain facts. With such excellent studies available for consultation, it should be easy to avoid the pitfalls.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Consulting, making in quiry, seeking the advice. 2. Conference, deliberation. 3. Council, meeting for deliberation.

Moby Thesaurus

admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, audience, bargaining, bargaining session, briefing, caution, caveat, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, convention, council, council fire, council of war, counsel, direction, discussion, exchange of views, exhortation, expostulation, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, guidance, high-level talk, hortation, huddle, idea, instruction, interchange of views, interview, meeting, monition, negotiations, news conference, opinion, palaver, parley, pourparler, powwow, press conference, proposal, recommendation, remonstrance, seance, session, sitting, suggestion, summit, summit conference, summitry, thought, warning