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consult en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /kənˈsʌlt/
  • /ˈkɒnsʌlt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • kənsŭlt'
  • kən-sŭlt'
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɑnsʌlt/ (General-American)
  • kŏn'sŭlt
  • /kənˈsʌlt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French consulter, from Latin cōnsultum, from cōnsultus, from cōnsulō.

Meanings

  1. (US, countable) A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) 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; […] 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Iewes”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 4th book, page 201:
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The result of consultation; determination; decision.
    • [T]he council broke; / And all their grave conſults diſſolv'd in ſmoke. a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 431:
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A council; a meeting for consultation.
    • a consult of coquettes 1730, Jonathan Swift, chapter 5, in Death and Daphne:
  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Agreement; concert.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
consults Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

consultation

consult en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /kənˈsʌlt/
  • /ˈkɒnsʌlt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • kənsŭlt'
  • kən-sŭlt'
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɑnsʌlt/ (General-American)
  • kŏn'sŭlt
  • /kənˈsʌlt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French consulter, from Latin cōnsultum, from cōnsultus, from cōnsulō.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
    • SIR,—I have the honour to refer to your letter requesting me to desire Mr. Y. Ching-chong to come and consult with the Municipal Council, as Mr. Wood, the Chairman of that Body had informed you at a personal interview that they fully concurred in the desirability of co-operation with Mr. Ching-chong in improvements in the Honan road draining and lighting. 1889 January 11 [1888 December 21], Kung Taotai, “North Honan Road.”, in M. F. A. Fraser, transl., North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XLII, number 1119, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 37, column 1:
    • Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
    • 1661 (written), published in 1681, Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons.
  2. (intransitive) 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. 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter II (The Science of Deduction), page 13:
  3. (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
  4. (transitive) 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. 1899, John Cotton Dana, chapter 1, in A Library Primer:
  5. (transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
    • Which reminds me that I have never remembered from that hour to consult the dictionary upon a selvage. 1904, Guy Wetmore Carryl, chapter 3, in Far from the Maddening Girls:
    • Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature, to seek for new truths, to do what the great discoverers of other times had done; they were content to consult libraries. 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences:
  6. (transitive) 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. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To deliberate upon; to take for.
    • Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
    • Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Habakkuk 2:10:

Forms

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consulted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
consulted Tense=Past lexicographic
consults Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
consulting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Coordinates

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Deriveds

consultable · teleconsult · consultive · unconsulted · consultor · consultative · reconsult · nonconsulted · e-consulting · consultability · unconsulting · consultress · consulter · consulting room · consultancy · consultee · nonconsulting

Relateds

consultation · consultant

Synonyms

seek · refer · see

Translations (68)

nn konsultera (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · bg допитвам се (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · eo konsulti (ask advice) · ru консульти́роваться (ask advice) · bg съвещавам се (ask advice) · de um Rat nachsuchen (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · id berkonsultasi (ask advice) · fr consulter (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · he התייעץ (deliberate together) · ru консульти́ровать (to advise or offer expertise) · nb konsultere (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · sk konzultovať (to advise or offer expertise) · az gənəşmək (ask advice) · de beratschlagen (ask advice) · zza şewêrnaene (to advise or offer expertise) · th ให้คำปรึกษา (to advise or offer expertise) · ar نَصَحَ (to advise or offer expertise) · pt consultar (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · la sciscitor (ask advice) · th หารือ (ask advice) · la consulo (ask advice) · fi pyytää neuvoa (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · de beraten (to advise or offer expertise) · swb uendra ha (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · ar اِسْتَشَارَ (ask advice) · fi konsultoida (intransitive, to work as a consultant) · zdj ushawiri (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · qu taripay (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · la sciscitor (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · ru обсужда́ть (deliberate together) · ru советовать (to advise or offer expertise) · ar اِسْتَشَارَ (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · it consultarsi (ask advice) · fi neuvotella (ask advice) · th ปรึกษา (ask advice) · de beratschlagen (deliberate together) · ru обсуди́ть (deliberate together) · pt consultar (ask advice) · fr consulter (ask advice) · fi keskustella (ask advice) · fi kysyä neuvoa (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · de beraten (ask advice) · de befragen (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · th ปรึกษา (deliberate together) · de zu Rate ziehen (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · nn konsultere (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · nl raadplegen (ask advice) · nl raadplegen (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · ru сове́товаться (ask advice) · it consultare (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · ru совеща́ться (deliberate together) · de um Rat fragen (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · da rådspørge (ask advice) · he התייעץ (ask advice) · ru консульти́роваться (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) · bg консултирам (intransitive, to work as a consultant) · fr se concerter (deliberate together) · bg консултирам (to advise or offer expertise) · fi neuvoa (to advise or offer expertise) · ru совеща́ться (ask advice) · th หารือ (deliberate together) · ca consultar (ask advice) · nb rådspørre (ask advice) · es consultar (ask advice) · bg съветвам се (ask advice) · az məsləhətləşmək (ask advice) · tr danışmak (ask advice) · de Rat halten (deliberate together)