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Creating a Website with WordPress: A Step-by-Step Guide or meeting at which opinions are exchanged or advice is prescribed. If one doctor says your severe blueberry allergy is cured, you might want a consultation with another doctor before indulging in the forbidden fruit.

Stemming from the Latin word consultationem, which means to “consult, ask counsel of, or reflect,” a consultation usually involves a lot of questions and hopefully expert answers. Consultations happen before big decisions have to be made, such as talking with a realtor before buying a house or conferring with master yogi before attempting a head stand.

• I recognize them from some of Madrina’s consultations, and I know all their business.

  Pride by Ibi Zoboi

• Geyer telegraphed his disappointment to Graham, who ordered him back to Philadelphia for consultation and rest.

  The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

• Then, his consultation complete, he climbed back up, and took the carriage down the left-hand fork.

  Stardust by Neil Gaiman

• Once during a long interview with Helen, I turned to the war-dress who was required to sit in on our conversation and said, “I’m sorry to bore you with this endless consultation.”