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consult

[ verb kuhn-suhlt; noun 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 by with ):

    He consulted with his doctor.

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

noun

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

consult

/ kənˈsʌlt /

verb

  1. whenintr, often foll by with 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


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Derived Forms

  • conˈsultable, adjective
  • conˈsulter, noun

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Other Words From

  • precon·sult verb
  • recon·sult verb
  • uncon·sulted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of consult1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French consulter, from Latin consultāre “to deliberate,” literally, “to advise repeatedly,” from consulere “to advise, consider, seek advice from”; consul

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Word History and Origins

Origin of consult1

C17: from French consulter, from Latin consultāre 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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Example Sentences

McCain said he wanted Obama to consult with his top generals about what to do on Iraq before offering his own advice.

The White House did not even consult or inform Congress until after the prisoner release had begun.

Consult your doctor to determine a healthy range of sodium for you.

He cannot consult Mr. Ed, but he could take some guidance from a horse that shares the same ancestry.

(For those who insist on a more lawyerly consideration, consult the indispensible Skepdic on the subject).

Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.

Mrs. Irvin has decided to consult a palmist or a hypnotist or some such occult authority before dining with you this evening.

I came here this afternoon on purpose to consult you, though I knew what a busy time it was with you during the hay harvest.

Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time?

Then, too, they wanted to fasten the porcelain insulators just right and had to consult one of the books several times.

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