consultant
noun /kənˈsʌltənt/
/kənˈsʌltənt/
- 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.
Wordfinder- accountant
- agent
- auditor
- businessman
- CEO
- chairman
- consultant
- entrepreneur
- executive
- manager
Wordfinderaccountant, agent, auditor, CEO, chairman, consultant, entrepreneur, executive, managerExtra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and adviceb2, Jobsb2, Businessb2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- business
- campaign
- computer
- …
- act as
- bring in
- employ (somebody as)
- …
- consultant in
- consultant on
- consultant to
- …
- (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
Wordfinder- A & E
- admit
- consultant
- doctor
- hospital
- ICU
- inpatient
- nurse
- operation
- ward
Extra ExamplesTopics Medicineb2- a consultant in psychiatry
- She is now a hospital consultant.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hospital
- NHS
- cardiologist
- gynaecologist
- obstetrician
- …
- consultant in
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a person who consults’): probably from French, from Latin consultare, frequentative of consulere ‘take counsel’.