consult
IPA: kʌnsˈʌɫt
noun
- (US, countable) A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
- (obsolete) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation
- (obsolete) the result of consultation; determination; decision.
- (obsolete) A council; a meeting for consultation.
- (obsolete) Agreement; concert.
verb
- (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
- (intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
- (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
- (transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
- (transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
- (transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
- (transitive, obsolete) To deliberate upon; to take for.
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
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Examples of "consult" in Sentences
- Consult the locals as to the usual rate.
- My advice to you is to consult the phlegm.
- Jon Chilton was the music consultant for the film.
- Now, the agreement to consult is really important.
- A preoperative pneumologist consultation is needed.
- Leslie Nielsen was the consultant of the TV series.
- He did herein consult the benefit of his creatures.
- Mark was the lighting consultant for the London Eye.
- It consults the consensus of scientists in the field.
- In such cases a physician or podiatrist should be consulted.
- The Consultation met in November to discuss the reasons for the revolt.
- The number of primary sources consulted is immaterial to the discussion.
- Fed up with her non-existent love life, Faith decides to once again consult the cards.
- Well, if you want to learn how to protect your house against a break-in, the best source to consult is a professional burglar.
- He also recommends that patients taking bisphosphonates long term consult their doctors if they experience pain in their thighs, suggesting "It may be time to consider a drug holiday."
- In this role as a true partner we will be able to again consult with the United States as we have in the past, and be able to advocate and encourage even more steps to avoid nuclear conflict.
- To consult is to learn, and to become sensitive to all perspectives, so that whatever decision is made, the government will act with the knowledge of how all relevant interests will be affected, after having given respectful consideration to those interests.
- In other words, readers, (and I'm resisting the urge to write this in capitals) they don't try to sell you anything; well of course, they do, it's their job after all (the makeup consult is £ 10, which is subtracted from the cost of anything you buy) — they just do it very quietly.