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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one who offers advice or expertise to others on a professional basis.
We hired a consultant to evaluate our computer system.- similar words:
- adviser
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| definition 2: |
one who consults.
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adjective + (n.)consultant
automotive,
behavioral,
bridal,
certified,
corporate,
creative,
democratic,
educational,
environmental,
external,
financial,
full-time,
hired,
independent,
longtime,
multicultural,
noted,
nutritional,
organizational,
outside,
paid,
part-time,
political,
principal,
registered,
retail,
retired,
self-employed,
senior,
technical,
veteran
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verb + (n.)consultant
employ, hire, request, serve
(n.)consultant
+ verb
advise, furnish, inform, mail, oversee, recommend, review, specialize
noun + (n.)consultant
accountant,
advice,
aerospace,
airline,
analyst,
auditor,
auto,
aviation,
banking,
broker,
business,
campaign,
communication,
compensation,
computer,
consultation,
counselor,
diversity,
economist,
engineer,
engineering,
estate,
expert,
fashion,
fitness,
freelance,
fund-raising,
health-care,
industry,
jury,
lactation,
lawyer,
lecturer,
lobbyist,
management,
marketing,
media,
nutrition,
occupation,
payroll,
planner,
planning,
pollster,
psycho,
psychologist,
psychology,
relation,
software,
specialist,
therapist,
wardrobe,
workplace
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The word consultant
contains the following part:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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