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consult
- /ˈkɒnsʌlt/ UK
- /kənˈsʌlt/ UK
- /ˈkɑnsʌlt/ US
- /kənˈsʌlt/
Rhymes with -ʌlt
Where it comes from
From Middle French consulter, from Latin cōnsultum, from cōnsultus, from cōnsulō.
noun consults
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A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
Similar: consultation
- The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation. For firſt upon conſult of reaſon, there will bee found no eaſie aſſurance for to faſten a materiall or temperamentall propriety upon any nation; […]
- The result of consultation; determination; decision. [T]he council broke; / And all their grave conſults diſſolv'd in ſmoke.
- A council; a meeting for consultation. a consult of coquettes
- Agreement; concert.
verb consults · consulting · consulted
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To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
Let us consult upon to-morrow's business.
Similar: see
- To advise or offer expertise. Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I’m a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is.
- To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
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To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
If you have no library commission, consult a lawyer and get from him a careful statement of what can be done under present statutory regulations.
Similar: seek
- To refer to (something) for information. Which reminds me that I have never remembered from that hour to consult the dictionary upon a selvage.
- 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.
- To deliberate upon; to take for. Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved.
- To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people.
Similar: refer
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: confer, refer, confab, confabulate, look up, confer with, take counsel, consultative, consultation, advisory, see, advice, advise, counselling, available, use
verb
Similar: refer
Translations
Every language
verb deliberate together
| Français | se concerter |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Rat halten, beratschlagen |
| Русский | обсужда́ть obsuždátʹ, обсуди́ть obsudítʹ, совеща́ться soveščátʹsja |
| עברית | התייעץ hitya'éts |
verb to advise or offer expertise
| Deutsch | beraten |
|---|---|
| Русский | консульти́ровать konsulʹtírovatʹ, советовать sovetovatʹ |
| العربية | نَصَحَ naṣaḥa |
verb ask advice
| Español | consultar |
|---|---|
| Português | consultar |
| Français | consulter |
| Deutsch | beraten, beratschlagen |
| Italiano | consultarsi |
| Русский | сове́товаться sovétovatʹsja, консульти́роваться konsulʹtírovatʹsja, совеща́ться soveščátʹsja |
| العربية | اِسْتَشَارَ istašāra |
| עברית | התייעץ hitya'étz |
verb transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of
| Português | consultar |
|---|---|
| Français | consulter |
| Deutsch | um Rat fragen, um Rat nachsuchen, zu Rate ziehen, befragen |
| Italiano | consultare |
| Русский | консульти́роваться konsulʹtírovatʹsja |
| العربية | اِسْتَشَارَ istašāra |
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title = {consult},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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