consulting

[kuhn-suhl-ting]

adjective

1. employed or involved in giving professional advice to the public or to those practicing the profession.

   a consulting physician.

2. of, relating to, or used for consultation.

   a physician's consulting room.

consulting

/ kənˈsʌltɪŋ /

adjective

1. (prenominal) acting in an advisory capacity on professional matters

   a consulting engineer

Other Word Forms

• unconsulting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of consulting¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; consult + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Army Corps of Engineers, advertised his consulting services on LinkedIn early in the shutdown, offering to write contracts and teach organizations how to use artificial intelligence.

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"Our homeland is a British Overseas Territory - the government should create a clear pathway for British-Chagossians instead of handing our territory to another country without consulting us," Ms Mandarin Calu said.

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Meanwhile, it will continue to hire people who are generative AI-fluent and retrain existing workers to serve clients in consulting and other divisions.

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The regulator is also working on a set of interventions for Google’s platform and expects to begin consulting on those rules later this year.

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“If we can’t get to them, that person could be severely disabled for a lifetime, or lose their life because a decision was made — without consulting us — that that’s the way it should be.”

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Related Words

• consultative