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consultative Definition

con·sulta·tive (kən sul′tə tiv′, kän′səl tā′-)

adjective

of or relating to consultation; advisory a consultative body

consultative Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • ballot: Unions put BBC deal to members All three staff unions are to run consultative ballots among BBC members on a new pay offer.
  • committee: The history of the consultative committee was not repeated.
  • document: A joint Inland Revenue / DTI consultative document was issued in April.
  • status: There are also several groups of parliamentarians with consultative status.
  • forum: The unions are looking to create a consultative forum in its place.
  • referendum: Portugal vague on EU referendum SPAIN - RATIFIED Referendum: A consultative referendum was held on 20 February 2005.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: It has been alleged that the Republic's role is to be " purely consultative " .
  • highly: The Strategy itself was born of a highly consultative process.
  • truly: We offer a truly consultative approach, both to those actively seeking employment and even more commonly, those open minded to their career.
  • genuinely: Tony Blair and Robin Cook have underlined that the white paper is genuinely consultative.
  • fully: By offering a fully consultative service to our clients, we strive to provide a tailored, realistic approach to actuarial recruitment.
  • very: The consultation process for preparing the document was said by one NGO to not be very consultative.