consult

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle French consulte. In sense “council”, it represents Latin cōnsultum, Italian consulto; and it may have been often taken as a direct formation from the verb. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: kŏn'sŭlt, kən-sŭlt' (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒnsʌlt/, /kənˈsʌlt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsʌlt/ Rhymes: -ʌlt ==== Noun ==== consult (countable and uncountable, plural consults) (now US, countable) A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation. Synonym: 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. ===== Usage notes ===== (visit to consult somebody): The noun consult is avoided in British English, where consultation is preferred. In American English, they are merely synonyms. === Etymology 2 === From Middle French consulter, from Latin cōnsultō (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulō (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulō, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take, grab”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: kənsŭlt', IPA(key): /kənˈsʌlt/ Rhymes: -ʌlt ==== Verb ==== consult (third-person singular simple present consults, present participle consulting, simple past and past participle consulted) (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise. Synonym: see 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. (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) Synonym: seek (transitive) To refer to (something) for information. Coordinate term: look up (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. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== consultant consultation ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === “consult”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “consult”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Cultons == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin consultum. === Noun === consult n (plural consulturi) consultation ==== Declension ====