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Definition: Consultative |
ConsultativeAdjective1. Giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "consultative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Synonyms: ConsultativeSynonyms: advisory (adj), consultatory (adj), consultive (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Consultative |
| Specialty definitions using "consultative": CCITT, CCSDS, Collective Bargaining Committee for Burgomasters, Coordinated Universal Time ♦ EXAMINER, QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS ♦ Food Aid Consultative Group ♦ Good manufacturing practices ♦ hypothetical reference circuit, hypothetical reference connection ♦ I.M.C.O., International Maritime Organisation ♦ Pharmaceutical Services ♦ Telemedicine, think-tank ♦ X.25 PAD, X.25 port, X.25 switch. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | An ongoing consultative process should take place. (references) | |
Consultative backup by a gynecologic oncologist may be advantageous. (references) | ||
Moreover, if the patient agrees, the family should be involved in each step of this consultative process. (references) | ||
Business | Some 1,000 religious figures hold positions in local people's congresses and committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | In 1999 the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Sikhism (MCCBCHS) protested the planned implementation of Ministry of Housing and local government guidelines governing non-Muslim places of worship. (references) |
Iran | The central feature of the country's Islamic republican system is rule by a "religious jurisconsult." Its senior leadership, including the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, the President, the head of the Judiciary, and the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament), is composed principally of Shi'a clergymen. (references) | |
Economic History | Iran | Legislative--290-member Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles). (references) |
Human Rights | Kazakhstan | The Commission provides free legal and consultative assistance to citizens. (references) |
Russia | According to Commission chair Vladimir Kartashkin, his role is mainly consultative and investigatory, without powers of enforcement. (references) | |
Morocco | Since October 1998, the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH) has been releasing information regarding cases of disappearance. (references) | |
Minorities | China | In March 2000, a Xinjiang court sentenced Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent Uighur businesswoman and former member of the provincial-level Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to 8 years in prison on charges of "passing state intelligence" to foreigners; according to an official press report, the intelligence she was accused of passing included newspaper articles and a list of names of persons whose cases had been handled by the courts. (references) |
Political Economy | EGYPT | The relationship with the Fund and the Egyptian government has since assumed a consultative aspect only. (references) |
BOLIVIA | In addition, the Consultative Group meeting in September 2001 approved an additional $1.3 billion in aid. (references) | |
Political Rights | Oman | In 1991 Sultan Qaboos established a Consultative Council, or Majlis Al-Shura. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | In 1992 the King appointed 60 members to a Consultative Council, or Majlis Ash-Shura. (references) | |
Oman | The Council of State and the Consultative Council together form the Majlis Oman, or Council of Oman. (references) | |
Trade | Israel | The FTAA also provides for a consultative mechanism between the two countries. (references) |
Indonesia | The World Bank, ADB, and other multilateral and bilateral donors meet periodically in the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI). (references) | |
Yemen | Project Financing Available: At the Consultative Group of Donors meeting in Brussels in June 1997, bilateral and multilateral donors pledged $1.8 billion in assistance over the next three years. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | In April the King created a Consultative Commission for the Moudawana. (references) |
Morocco | On October 17, the AMDH issued a statement in support of these demands, but refused to present its case before the Consultative Commission. (references) | |
Morocco | The communique expressed disappointment that changes to the Personal Status Code had not yet been approved, offered specific recommendations for such changes, and urged the Consultative Commission to expedite its work. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mozambique | The Consultative Commission on Labor met periodically to negotiate changes in the minimum wage. (references) |
Qatar | The law provides for the establishment of joint consultative committees composed of representatives of the employer and workers. (references) | |
Mauritania | All three confederations supplied representatives to the country's four labor tribunals and were included in most government deliberative or consultative bodies. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The resources of the consultative Group on International Agricultural Research will be doubled over a five-year period. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Consultative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.07% of the time. "Consultative" is used about 751 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.07% | 729 | 9,262 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.93% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Total | 100.00% | 751 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "consultative": consultative committee ♦ Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone ♦ Consultative Committee on Purchases and Contracts ♦ consultative council. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "consultative": pre-consultative. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
consultative selling | 25 |
consultative selling skill | 4 |
consultative sales | 4 |
consultative selling technique | 4 |
consultative sales training | 3 |
1996 consultative dietary energy group idecg international | 2 |
consultative | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "consultative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | konsultativ (advisory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مراجع, إستشاري (advisory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съвещателен (advisory, deliberative), който дава съвети, консултативен (advisory, consulting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 协商 (Consultive), '詢 (advisory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poradní (advisory, consulting, deliberative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Raadgivende Forsamling (Consultative Assembly), rådgivende udvalg (advisory committee, consultative committee), rådgivende komité (advisory committee, consultative committee), kompetence raadgivende (consultative competence), informationsskrivelse (consultative document), forhandlingsorgan (Consultative Committee), Det Rådgivende Miljøforum (General Consultative Forum on the Environment), Den raadgivende Forsamling (Consultative Assembly), debatoplæg (consultation paper, consultative document, discussion document, discussion paper), De Attens raadgivende Udvalg (Consultative Group of eighteen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Overleg Particulier Initiatief Tropenartsen (Private Initiative Tropical Doctors Consultative Group), adviserende bevoegdheid (consultative competence), Algemeen Raadgevend Forum milieuzaken (General Consultative Forum on the Environment), Bijzondere Commissie voor Overleg in zaken betreffende de rechtspositie van het onderwijspersoneel (Special Consultative Committee on the Legal Status of Educational Personnel), discussienota (consultation paper, consultative document, discussion document, discussion paper, reflexion paper), G-30 (Consultative Group on International Economic and Monetary Affairs, Group of Thirty), Gemeenschappelijk Overleg Ziekenfondsorganisaties (Health Insurance Organizations Consultative Committee), Groep van Dertig (Consultative Group on International Economic and Monetary Affaires, Group of Thirty), Interfacultair overleg v.d. Nederlandse faculteiten der Geneeskunde (Inter-faculty Consultative Committee of the Netherlands' Faculties of Medicine), Interfacultair Overleg voor Voortgezet Medisch Onderwijs (Inter-faculty Consultative Committee for Continuing Medical Education), Landelijk Overleg Minderheden (National Ethnic Minorities Consultative Committee), LOM (National Ethnic Minorities Consultative Committee), memorandum (consultative document), Adviesorgaan voor bad- en zweminrichtingen (Consultative Committee on public baths and swimming pools), Speciale Overleg Groep (Special Consultative Group), overlegcollege (consultative committee), Overlegorgaan Post-Academisch Onderwijs Geneeskunde (Consultative Committee on Post-graduate Medical Education), Overlegorgaan van de Drie Centrale Landbouworganisaties (Consultative Committee), raadgevend comité (advisory committee, consultative committee), raadgevend comité betreffende stofhoeveelheid (Consultative Committee on Amount of Substance), Raadgevend Comité van de EER (EEA Consultative Committee, EEACC, EEA-CC), Raadgevende Groep (Consultative Group), raadgevende groep van Achttien (Consultative Group of eighteen), Raadgevende Vergadering (Consultative Assembly), RCEER (EEA Consultative Committee, EEACC, EEA-CC), RC-EER (EEA Consultative Committee, EEACC, EEA-CC), Speciale Consultatieve Groep (Special Consultative Group), Nationaal Overleg voor Gewestelijke Cultuur (National Consultative Committee for Culture in the Provinces). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | consultatif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beratend (advisory, consultant, consulting, deliberative, deliberatively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμβουλευτικόσ (advisory, deliberative, monitorial, monitory, preachy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tanácsadói, konzultatív. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | competenza consultiva (consultative competence), Comitato consultivo sulla quantit di sostanza (Consultative Committee on Amount of Substance), Comitato consultivo SEE (EEA Consultative Committee, EEACC, EEA-CC), Comitato consultivo per l'innovazione e il trasferimento di tecnologie (CCITT, Consultative Committee on Innovation and Technology Transfer), comitato consultivo (advisory committee, consultative committee), CIT (Advisory Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer, CCITT, Consultative Committee on Innovation and Technology Transfer), CC-SEE (EEA Consultative Committee, EEACC, EEA-CC), CCSEE (EEA Consultative Committee, EEACC, EEA-CC), organo di concertazione (Consultative Committee), gruppo consultivo dei diciotto (Consultative Group of eighteen), Forum generale consultivo per l'ambiente (General Consultative Forum on the Environment), documento di consultazione (consultation paper, consultative document, discussion document, discussion paper), documento consultivo (consultative document), assemblea consultiva (Consultative Assembly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 諮問機関 (advisory organ, consultative body). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しも"きか" (advisory organ, consultative body). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자문 (Advisory, Consultive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coyrlagh (adviser, consultant, counsellor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onsultativecay consultivo (advisory). (various references) consultativ (advisory, deliberative). (various references) совещательный (advisory, deliberative). (various references) konsultativan. (various references) de consultación. (various references) rådgivande (advisory, deliberative). (various references) danışmanlıkla ilgili, danışma (advice, advisory, consultation, counsel, deliberation, information, information desk, inquiry). (various references) консультативний (advisory), дорадчий (advisory). (various references) để hỏi ý kiến; tư vấn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Consultative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consultatif, contestative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "consultative" (pronounced kunsu"ltutiv) |
| 5 | -t u t i v | anticompetitive, argumentative, competitive, exploitative, noncompetitive, preventative, putative, rep, repetitive, representative, tentative, uncompetitive, unrepresentative. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, consecutive, conservative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, recuperative, relative, remunerative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, ultraconservative, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, vituperative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-s-t-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: novaculites. | |
-2 letters: constative, consultive, cultivates, inoculates, inosculate, novaculite. | |
-3 letters: auntliest, autotelic, coastline, consulate, cultivate, inoculate, invocates, involutes, locatives, outcavils, sectional, suctional, taconites, tenacious, tunicates, univocals, vaultiest, vinaceous, vulcanise. | |
-4 letters: aconites, alnicoes, alunites, anticult, auctions, avulsion, calottes, canoeist, cautions, cavettos, centavos, coaliest, conative, convulse, counties, covalent, cuittles, culottes, cutlines, elations, elutions, entastic, eustatic, evulsion, insolate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-s-t-t-u-v" | |
+4 letters: overcultivations. | |
+5 letters: ultraconservatism, ultraconservative. | |
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