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consult

[kuhn-suhlt, kon-suhlt, kuhn-suhlt]

verb (used with object)

  1. to seek advice or information from; ask guidance from.

    Consult your lawyer before signing the contract.

  2. to refer to for information.

    Consult your dictionary for the spelling of the word.

  3. to have regard for (a person's interest, convenience, etc.) in making plans.

  4. Obsolete.to meditate, plan, or contrive.



verb (used without object)

  1. to consider or deliberate; take counsel; confer (usually followed bywith ).

    He consulted with his doctor.

  2. to give professional or expert advice; serve as consultant.

noun

  1. a consultation.

  2. Archaic.a secret meeting, especially one for seditious purposes.

consult

/ əˈʌ /

verb

  1. to ask advice from (someone); confer with (someone)

  2. (tr) to refer to for information

    to consult a map

  3. (tr) to have regard for (a person's feelings, interests, etc) in making decisions or plans; consider

  4. (intr) to make oneself available to give professional advice, esp at scheduled times and for a fee

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • preconsult verb
  • reconsult verb
  • unconsulted adjective
  • Dzˈܱٱ noun
  • Dzˈܱٲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of consult1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French consulter, from Latin DzԲܱ “to deliberate,” literally, “to advise repeatedly,” from consulere “to advise, consider, seek advice from”; consul
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of consult1

C17: from French consulter, from Latin DzԲܱ to reflect, take counsel, from consulere to consult
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Synonym Study

Consult, confer imply talking over a situation or a subject with someone to decide points in doubt. To consult is to seek from a presumably qualified person or source advice, opinion, etc.: to consult an authority. To confer is to exchange views: The partners conferred concerning their business.
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Twenty one schools were consulted to see if they could meet his needs, but Kim said none of them were able to.

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Jersey's minister for education and lifelong learning is standing by trans guidance in schools after a petition called for it to be revoked until parents were fully consulted, he says.

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Detailed proposals for traffic on Oxford Street, which sees an average of half a million visitors each day, will be consulted on later this year.

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Nine months after consulting with the first physician, Dane had his diagnosis.

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When the pain got worse in the middle of 2020, he consulted his GP who told him he had likely pulled a muscle and that the twinges would sort themselves out.

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