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consultative
adjective con·sul·ta·tive \kən-ˈsəl-tə-tiv, ˈkän(t)-səl-ˌtā-tiv\
: giving advice
: having power only to give advice and not to make decisions
Full Definition of CONSULTATIVE
: of, relating to, or intended for consultation : advisory <a consultative committee> <a consultative document>
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First Known Use of CONSULTATIVE
1583
Rhymes with CONSULTATIVE
aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, innovative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meditative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, nuncupative, operative, palliative, penetrative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative
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consultative
adjective con·sul·ta·tive \kən-ˈsəl-tət-iv, ˈkän(t)-səl-ˌtāt-iv\
Medical Definition of CONSULTATIVE
: of, relating to, or intended for consultation <neurologic services are typically consultative—Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology>
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