Consult
[kən'sʌlt]
Definition
(verb.) advise professionally; 'The professor consults for industry'.
(verb.) seek information from; 'You should consult the dictionary'; 'refer to your notes'.
(verb.) get or ask advice from; 'Consult your local broker'; 'They had to consult before arriving at a decision'.
Typist: Osborn--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
(v. t.) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
(v. t.) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
(v. t.) To deliberate upon; to take for.
(v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
(n.) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.
(n.) A council; a meeting for consultation.
(n.) Agreement; concert
Checked by Andrew
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Confer, seek counsel, take counsel, deliberate in common.
v. a. [1]. Ask advice of, seek information from.[2]. Consider, regard, care for, have reference to, have regard to, take into account.
Editor: Oswald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Interrogate, canvass, question, deliberate, confer, advise_with, regard,consider, ask_advice_of, care_for, promote
ANT:Resolve, explain, expound, direct, instruct, dictate, counteract, contravene
Typed by Geoffrey
Definition
v.t. to ask advice of: to decide or act in favour of: to look up to for information or advice: to discuss: to consider: to take measures for the advantage of any one.—v.i. to consider in company: to take counsel.—n. (kon-sult′ or kon′sult) the act of consulting: a meeting for consultation: a council: a meeting for conspiracy or intrigue.—ns. Consul′ta a meeting of council; Consultā′tion deliberation or a meeting for such esp. of physicians or lawyers.—adj. Consult′ative of or pertaining to consultation esp. of bodies taking part in a consultation without voting on the decision.—ns. Consultee′ the person consulted; Consult′er one who consults.—adjs. Consult′ing of a physician or lawyer who gives advice; Consult′ive pertaining to consultation; Consult′ory Consult′atory.
Typed by Leona
Unserious Contents or Definition
v.i. To seek another's disapproval of a course already decided on.
Typed by Denis
Examples
- He had arranged to stop at Frizinghall that night, having occasion to consult his father on business. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She should try to get additional subscriptions, and to form a fund; but first she must consult the clergy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was about this mission that you wanted to consult me? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Come to consult us, I fancy! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Before I say a word as to them, I wish to consult you upon one family point. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But I want my Noddy to consult with us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But you tutors are such solemn chaps; it is almost like speaking to a parson to consult with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I said nothing about this difficulty until Sir Percival had been consulted on the subject of the desired delay. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When all this was done to the magistrate's satisfaction, the magistrate and Mr. Jinks consulted in whispers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They told as little as they could to their allies and fellow citizens, and consulted them as little as possible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I'm sure, if we consulted _that_, we might let them all go at once. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Now, your inclinations are to be consulted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He has also consulted Mr. Bell--Frederick's godfather, you know, mamma; and it is arranged that we go to live in Milton-Northern. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I was myself consulted upon the case, but I was unable to throw any light upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After more communing with herself next day, she arrived at the desperate conclusion of consulting Harry. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His residence and principal consulting-room is at Kennington Road, but he has a branch surgery and dispensary at Lower Brixton Road, two miles away. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have thought of consulting Sergeant Cuff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You mentioned just now the alternative of consulting Mr. Fairlie's legal adviser to-morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It ought to have been a habit with him by this time, of following his duty, instead of consulting expediency. Jane Austen. Emma.
- My greatest danger would lie in her consulting Mrs. Fraser, and I at a distance unable to help my own cause. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It was not Miss Flite who detained us; she was as reasonable a little creature in consulting the convenience of others as there possibly could be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He consults his watch, and says (like Guy Fawkes), he'll now go down to the House of Commons and see how things look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Everyone who knows you, consults with you, and is guided by you, Agnes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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