{
    "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’."
}