# consulting

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-SUL-ting" /kənˈsʌltɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of consult. — present participle and gerund of consult
   - Simple: The -ing form of consult. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The committee spent weeks consulting experts before reaching a decision._
   - _Consulting the original records, the historian uncovered several errors._

## Noun

2. Ellipsis of consulting physician. Rare in current English. — Ellipsis of consulting physician.
   - Simple: Short form of consulting physician, a doctor brought in to advise on a case. This use is rare.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/consulting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).