consult
(verb) advise professionally; “The professor consults for industry”
confer, confabulate, confab, consult
(verb) have a conference in order to talk something over; “We conferred about a plan of action”
consult, refer, look up
(verb) seek information from; “You should consult the dictionary”; “refer to your notes”
consult, confer with
(verb) get or ask advice from; “Consult your local broker”; “They had to consult before arriving at a decision”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
consult (plural consults)
(obsolete) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation
(obsolete) the result of consultation; determination; decision.
(obsolete) A council; a meeting for consultation.
(obsolete) Agreement; concert.
(US) A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.
• The noun consult is avoided in British English, where consultation is preferred. In American English, they are merely synonyms.
• consultation
consult (third-person singular simple present consults, present participle consulting, simple past and past participle consulted)
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
(intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
(intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
(transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
(transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
Coordinate term: look up
(transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
(transitive, obsolete) To deliberate upon; to take for.
(transitive, obsolete) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
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Source: Wiktionary
Con*sult", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Consulted; p.pr. & vb.n. Consulting.] Etym: [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel.]
Definition: To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes.
Con*sult", v. t.
1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . . ; they were content to consult liberaries. Whewell.
2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. L'Estrange.
3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.] Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. Clarendon.
4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.] Thou hast consulted shame to thy Hab. ii. 10.
Con*sult" ( or ), n.
1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.] The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden.
2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] "A consult of coquettes." Swift.
3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
