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Definition of consultant noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

consultant

noun
 
/kənˈsʌltənt/
 
/kənˈsʌltənt/
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  1. a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is employed to give advice about it to other people
    • a technology/design consultant
    • She is clearly being coached by image consultants.
    • consultant on something the president’s consultant on economic affairs
    • consultant to somebody/something He was happy to act as a consultant to the company.
    see also management consultant
    Extra Examples
    • The review was carried out last year by independent consultants.
    • They work as consultants to a software company.
    • We brought in a management consultant to sort out the mess.
    • a consultant in design, printing and advertising
    • a consultant on business ethics
    • He's a top consultant on ecological waste disposal.
    • The professor also acted as a consultant to the Department of Education.
    • The report was compiled by an independent consultant.
    • The statistics are the result of independent research by economic consultants.
    Topics Suggestions and adviceb2, Jobsb2, Businessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • business
    • campaign
    • computer
    verb + consultant
    • act as
    • bring in
    • employ (somebody as)
    preposition
    • consultant in
    • consultant on
    • consultant to
    See full entry
  2. (British English) a hospital doctor of the highest rank who is a specialist in a particular area of medicine
    • a consultant in obstetrics
    • a consultant surgeon
    compare registrar
    Extra Examples
    • a consultant in psychiatry
    • She is now a hospital consultant.
    Topics Healthcareb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hospital
    • NHS
    consultant + noun
    • cardiologist
    • gynaecologist
    • obstetrician
    preposition
    • consultant in
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  3. Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a person who consults’): probably from French, from Latin consultare, frequentative of consulere ‘take counsel’.
See consultant in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee consultant in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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