consultant

«consultant» in Mova's school dictionary: to give expert advice to businesses or people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a consultant, consultants)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person whose job is to give expert advice to businesses or people. tree →

2) (UK, Ireland) A senior hospital doctor who is an expert in one area (a heart consultant). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday and work life: a computer consultant, a business consultant. In UK hospitals: the consultant is the top doctor for a patient. In maths problems: a consultant charges per hour.

examples

• The consultant helped the company save money. tree →
• Grandma saw a consultant at the hospital. tree →
• She works as an IT consultant. tree →
• The consultant charged 80 pounds an hour. tree →
• The school hired a consultant to plan the new library. tree →
• My dad's a consultant in children's medicine. tree →

note

Verb: consult; noun: consultation. In maths, «per hour» fees mean multiply by the hours.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «consultant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.