Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to consultation; advisory.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to consultation; having the function of consulting; advisory.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.

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  • adjective That gives advice or consultation; advisory

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective giving advice

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Examples

  • His comments Saturday came after the group convened what it called a consultative meeting in Cairo to take stock of market situations and to asses whether members were complying with a

    Market News THE A Tarek El-Tablawy And Adam Schreck 2008

  • His comments came after the group convened what it called a consultative meeting in Cairo to take stock of market situations and to asses whether members were complying with a 1.5 million barrel-per-day output cut announced Oct. 24 in Vienna, Austria.

    CNN.com 2008

  • His comments came after the group convened what it called a consultative meeting in Cairo to take stock of market situations and to asses whether members were complying with a 1.5 million barrel per day output cut announced Oct. 24 in Vienna, Austria.

    Market News TAREK EL-TABLAWY and ADAM SCHRECK 2008

  • His comments Saturday came after the group convened what it called a consultative meeting in Cairo to take stock of market situations and to asses whether members were complying with a

    Market News 2008

  • Though the nuclear plant referendum is nonbinding - organizers call it "consultative" - it is expected to draw out more of Lithuania's usually apathetic 2.6 million registered voters.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • Though the nuclear plant referendum is nonbinding - organizers call it "consultative" - it is expected to draw out more of Lithuania's usually apathetic 2.6 million registered voters.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • the leading textbook of Scottish constitutional law - that's Law and Practice, Himsworth and Neil - it says such a bill, in other words a consultative referendum, would almost certainly be within the Scottish parliament's powers.

    The Guardian World News Andrew Sparrow 2012

  • Military leaders toppled him in February and named a consultative counsel to draft a new constitution.

    Voters in Niger Head to Polls 2010

  • Military leaders toppled him in February and named a consultative counsel to draft a new constitution.

    Niger Begins Campaign for Constitutional Referendum 2010

  • Military leaders toppled him in February and named a consultative counsel to draft a new constitution.

    Voters in Niger Head to Polls 2010

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