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CONSULT
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
Etymology
Noun
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.
Usage notes
• The noun consult is avoided in British English, where consultation is preferred. In American English, they are merely synonyms.
Synonyms
• consultation
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• Cultons
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
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