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{
"term": "consultant",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is employed to give advice about it to other people",
"sensetop": "consultant on somethingconsultant to somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a technology/design consultant"
},
{
"text": "She is clearly being coached by image consultants."
},
{
"text": "the president’s consultant on economic affairs",
"contextForm": "consultant on something"
},
{
"text": "He was happy to act as a consultant to the company.",
"contextForm": "consultant to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The review was carried out last year by independent consultants."
},
{
"text": "They work as consultants to a software company."
},
{
"text": "We brought in a management consultant to sort out the mess."
},
{
"text": "a consultant in design, printing and advertising"
},
{
"text": "a consultant on business ethics"
},
{
"text": "He's a top consultant on ecological waste disposal."
},
{
"text": "The professor also acted as a consultant to the Department of Education."
},
{
"text": "The report was compiled by an independent consultant."
},
{
"text": "The statistics are the result of independent research by economic consultants."
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice", "Jobs", "Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["business", "campaign", "computer"],
"verb + consultant": ["act as", "bring in", "employ (somebody as)"],
"preposition": ["consultant in", "consultant on", "consultant to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a hospital doctor of the highest rank who is a specialist in a particular area of medicine",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a consultant in obstetrics"
},
{
"text": "a consultant surgeon"
},
{
"text": "a consultant in psychiatry"
},
{
"text": "She is now a hospital consultant."
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hospital", "NHS"],
"consultant + noun": ["cardiologist", "gynaecologist", "obstetrician"],
"preposition": ["consultant in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsʌltənt/",
"audio": "xc/consultant/xconsultant__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsʌltənt/",
"audio": "xc/consultant/xconsultant__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a person who consults’): probably from French, from Latin consultare, frequentative of consulere ‘take counsel’."
}