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adjective
1.
employed or involved in giving professional advice to the public or to those practicing the profession: a consulting physician.
2.
of, pertaining to, or used for consultation: a physician's consulting room.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to seek advice or information from; ask guidance from: Consult your lawyer before signing the contract.
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)
5.
to consider or deliberate; take counsel; confer (usually followed by with): He consulted with his doctor.
6.
to give professional or expert advice; serve as consultant.
Origin:
1525–35; (< Middle French consulter) < Latin consultāre to deliberate, consult, frequentative of consulere to consult, take counsel; compare consul
1525–35; (< Middle French consulter) < Latin consultāre to deliberate, consult, frequentative of consulere to consult, take counsel; compare consul
Related forms
pre·con·sult, verb
re·con·sult, verb
un·con·sult·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. 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.
1. 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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consult
c.1540, from L. consultare, frequentative of consulere "to take counsel" (see consultation). Related: Consulting (pp. adj., 1796).
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