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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

/ əˈʌ /

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
“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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Derived Forms

  • Dzˈܱٱ, noun
  • Dzˈܱٲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • cDz·ܱ verb
  • cDz·ܱ verb
  • ܲcDz·ܱĻ adjective
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Word 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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Word 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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Example Sentences

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He said he’ll also be building his consulting business for American companies that want to reduce their energy use, although the orders they eventually place would also come from China.

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She said the school had failed to consult parents on this.

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However, a judge said the council had "fallen well below the standard expected" by failing to consult residents properly after distributing notices to the wrong street.

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She said a record 1.95 million tests were booked last year but the government would now consult on changes to the test booking system.

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And we’re not consultants either; we don’t just come in for 10 minutes and consult.

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