consultationnoun
uk/ˌkɒn.sʌlˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.sʌlˈteɪ.ʃən/C2 [ C ] a meeting to discuss something or to get advice:
After consultations with our accountants, we've decided how to cut costs within the company.
C2 [ U ] the process of discussing something with someone in order to get their advice or opinion about it:
He made the decision in consultation with his parents and teachers.
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- The policy change was presented to us as a fait accompli, without consultation or discussion.
- She spent hours in consultation with her lawyers.
- I chose the present in consultation with my friends.
- Has there been any consultation with the unions?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- grilling
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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Giving advice