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consulting

American  
[kuhn-suhl-ting] / kənˈsʌl tɪŋ /

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 British  
/ kənˈsʌltɪŋ /

adjective

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

    a consulting engineer
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unconsulting adjective

Etymology

Origin of consulting

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

Example Sentences

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Area houses “became out of reach for a lot of people, really fast,” said Jeff Davis of Horsley Witten Group, a consulting firm that Groton has hired to help tackle the housing shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The takeaway: Don’t make any decisions without consulting with a lawyer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Disclosure: Dr. Nieva has received consulting payments from AstraZeneca and Genentech.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

“If the unconscious is structured like a language, the design of a therapist’s consulting room is also a language,” Deborah Levy writes in a recent Granta essay.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

One day I accompanied Farmer on a consulting appointment at the Children’s Hospital in downtown Lima.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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