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Definition: Consultant |
ConsultantNoun1. An expert who gives advice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "consultant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1892. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Law | A committee professional staff person. (references) |
Occupations | Consults with client to define need or problem, conducts studies and surveys to obtain data, and analyzes data to advise on or recommend solution, utilizing knowledge of theory, principles, or technology of specific discipline or field of specialization: Consults with client to ascertain and define need or problem area, and determine scope of investigation required to obtain solution. Conducts study or survey on need or problem to obtain data required for solution. Analyzes data to determine solution, such as installation of alternate methods and procedures, changes in processing methods and practices, modification of machines or equipment, or redesign of products or services. Advises client on alternate methods of solving need or problem, or recommends specific solution. May negotiate contract for consulting service. May specialize in providing consulting service to government in field of specialization. May be designated according to field of specialization such as engineering or science discipline, economics, education, labor, or in specialized field of work as health services, social services, or investment services. (references) |
| Develops, tests, and promotes various types of food products: Selects recipes from conventional cookbooks, or develops new recipes for company food products. Prepares and cooks food according to recipe to test quality and standardize procedures and ingredients. Evaluates prepared item as to texture, appearance, flavor, and nutritional value. Records amount and kinds of ingredients and various test results. Suggests new products, product improvements, and promotions for company use or for resale to dealers, manufacturers, or other users. Presents food items at demonstration functions to promote desired qualities, nutritional values, and related characteristics. Samples shipments to verify weights, measures, coding data, and other evaluations for product control. Answers consumer mail. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ConsultantSynonyms: adviser (n), advisor (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | James McCord, security consultant. (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward) She's supposed to be some kind of consultant. Apparently she saw an alien once (Aliens; writing credit: James Cameron; David Giler) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Crop consultant draws a soil sample early in the crop year to test nitrogen availability in the soil. This late spring nitrogen test is meant to decide whether and how much nitrogen the growing crop needs for optimum production; only the amount of nitroge. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Dan Cotter, DC, and crop consultant review plants on a grass back terrace in Lafayette County, Wisconsin. The farmland is located in the Upper Mississippi Watershed. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | Farmer and crop consultant scout a north-central Iowa field for potential problems at planting time. Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Southwest Missouri RC&D Fire Consultant Gary Rostic, left, and Redings Mill Fire Chief Andy Nimmo are pleased with the installation of a dry hydrant (in background). Dry hydrants improve fire protection for rural residents. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Earl Schenck, naval consultant, speaking before labor-management committee members at Hazleton, July 30th. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated, left to right: Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant; Earl Williams, tanker sailor; Dmitri Goulandris. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Hear this" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "Financial consultant HIGH RES PHOTO AVIAL UPON REQUEST. CREDIT ONLY WHERE APPROPRIATE." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Peter F. Drucker | My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Consultant and primary care physicians must coordinate their activities. (references) | |
Business | Of those 100 companies, 36 act as agents and two are consultant offices. (references) | |
Therefore, there is a growing need for environmental consultant services in the local market. (references) | ||
IEAT hires a private consultant SECOT Co. Ltd. annually through a bidding process to carry out inspection at all 9 of its’ industrial estates. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bangladesh | Most donor-funded infrastructure projects require consultant services. (references) |
Zambia | This may be done by an individual, a law firm, or by a business consultant. (references) | |
Switzerland | Switzerland's consultancy industry rests more on the individual consultant than is usually the case. (references) | |
Human Rights | Dominica | In 1998 a consultant from the United Kingdom conducted a 3-month study to update antiquated police regulations and to establish new operational guidelines for the police. (references) |
Dominican Republic | In the 1999 case in which the authorities arrested a general, a colonel, a legal consultant, and various police officers in connection with the deaths of three alleged delinquents in Moca, all were released without going to trial. (references) | |
Trade | Azerbaijan | The GoAJ has selected a financial consultant to assess the value of its assets in the bank and advise them regarding all investment proposals received. (references) |
Travel | Uk | The determination of who may be admitted as a consultant is decided on a case-by-case basis at ports of entry. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Moore left Greenpeace and is now the president of Green Spirit, an environmental consultant to government and industry. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Consultant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.94% of the time. "Consultant" is used about 1,628 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.94% | 1,627 | 5,109 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,628 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | NS Environmental Science Consultant Corp | USA | Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "consultant": agency consultant ♦ beauty consultant ♦ brokage consultant ♦ business consultant ♦ Consultant Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph ♦ consultant in communicable disease control ♦ fashion consultant ♦ financial consultant ♦ management consultant ♦ media consultant ♦ outside consultant ♦ political consultant ♦ security consultant ♦ senior consultant ♦ tax consultant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "consultant": consultant-free, consultant-led, consultant-promoter, consultant-type. | |
Ending with "consultant": individual-consultant, inter-consultant, non-consultant, student-radical-turned-management-consultant, teacher-consultant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "consultant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | konsulent (adviser), këshillues (consulting, hortative, hortatory, monitorial). (various references) | |
Arabic | مستشار (adviser, chancellor, council, councillor, counselor, mentor), المستشير, الطبيب الأخصائي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | консултант (adviser, advisor), експерт (adept, expert, judge, master, proficient, sharp), лекар (doctor, leech, physician). (various references) | |
Chinese | 顾问 (Counselor), 顧問 (adviser). (various references) | |
Czech | poradce (adviser, counsellor, counselor), odborný lékař, konzultant. (various references) | |
Danish | consiliarius (consulting physician), rådgivende læge (consulting physician, medical examiner). (various references) | |
Dutch | consulterend arts (consulting physician), consulent (adviser, advisor, animal consultant, breeding adviser, breeding consultant, counsellor, husbandry adviser, livestock consultant), consiliarus (consulting physician), geconsulteerd arts (consulting physician), adviseur (counsellor). (various references) | |
Esperanto | impostkonsilisto (tax consultant). (various references) | |
Farsi | مشاور (Adviser, Counselor), رایزن (Adviser, Counselor). (various references) | |
Finnish | neuvoja (adviser, counsellor). (various references) | |
French | consultant (consulting), conseiller (councillor, counsel, counsellor). (various references) | |
Frisian | riejouwer (counsellor). (various references) | |
German | berater (adviser, advisers, advisor, aide, consulter, counselor). (various references) | |
Greek | σύμβουλοσ (adviser, advisor, consulter, councillor, counsellor, counselor, counsilor, director), σύμβουλος γιατρός (consulting physician), σύμβουλος ιατρός (consulting physician), σύμβουλος (advisor, counsellor), ειδικός ιατρός (specialist), εμπειρογνώμονασ (expert), εμπειρογνώμονας (expert), εμπει, θεράπων ιατρός (consulting physician). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מיעץ (adviser, advisory, counsellor), יועץ (adviser, counsellor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szaktanácsadó (consulting), tanácskérő, konzultáns, konzultáló orvos, konzulens. (various references) | |
Indonesian | penasehat ahli. (various references) | |
Italian | consulente (advisor, appraiser, counsel, counsellor, counselor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 顧問 (adviser). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こもん (adviser, ancient writing, classical literature, fine pattern), コンサルタント (concertante). (various references) | |
Korean | 고문 (torture, torturing). (various references) | |
Manx | fer-lhee coyrlee, coyrleyder (adviser), coyrlee (advising, advisory, counselling), coyrlagh (adviser, consultative, counsellor). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onsultantcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | consultor (consulting), consultante, consulente (consulting), médico consultor (consulting physician). (various references) | |
Romanian | consultant (adviser, consulting, consultor, counsel), consilier (adviser, councillor, counsellor). (various references) | |
Russian | консультант (adviser, advisor, advisories, counselor). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | konsultant (adviser). (various references) | |
Spanish | consultor, asesor (adviser, advisory, assessor, counselor, moderator, prudential, puisne). (various references) | |
Swedish | rådssökande. (various references) | |
Turkish | uzman doktor (regular doctor, specialist), mütehassıs (professional, specialist), danışman (adviser, advisor, consulting, counsel, counsellor, counselor, guidance conselor, guide, mentor, supervisor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | консультант (adviser, advisor, assessor), лікар-консультант. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chuyên viên (specialist), cố vấn (adviser, advisor, advisory, consulting), thầy thuốc tư vấn nhà chuyên môn, người cho ý kiến, người được hỏi ý kiến. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "consultant": consultants, consultantship, consultantships. (additional references) | |
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"Consultant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: concultant, consitant, consulta, consultanty, consultat, consultate, consultent, cosultant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "consultant" (pronounced kunsu"ltunt) |
| 6 | -u" l t u n t | exultant, resultant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, assistant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, contestant, important, impotent, inadvertent, decongestant, disinfectant, distant, existent, exorbitant, expectant, extant, hesitant, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, nonexistent, omnipotent, patent, penitent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, reluctant, repentant, resistant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-n-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: constant, osculant. | |
-3 letters: cantons, conatus, consult, locusta, octants, outacts, outcast, outlast, talcous, toucans. | |
-4 letters: annuls, cannot, canons, canton, cantos, cantus, clonus, clouts, consul, costal, cotans, cottas, counts, cutlas, locust, nounal, nutant, octans, octant, oscula, outact, outsat, santol, sonant, sultan, suntan, talons, taunts, tolans, totals, toucan. | |
-5 letters: altos, ancon, annul, ascot, aunts, autos, calos, canon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-n-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: consultants. | |
+2 letters: consultation. | |
+3 letters: conglutinates, consultations, functionalist, instructional, nonstructural. | |
+4 letters: anticoagulants, anticonvulsant, constitutional, constructional, consubstantial, consultantship, denticulations, functionalists, subcontinental, transductional. | |
+5 letters: anticonvulsants, antispeculation, conglutinations, congratulations, connaturalities, constitutionals, consultantships, functionalistic, functionalities, noncultivations, postinoculation. | |
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