consult
//ˈkɒnsʌlt//
Forms
- Plural
- consults
- present (v1)
- consult
- past (v2)
- consulted
- past participle (v3)
- consulted
- present participle
- consulting
- 3rd person singular
- consults
Definitions
1.A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
- I don't know who to consult with.
1.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.
2.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.
3.To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
4.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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3996
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle French consulter
From Latin cōnsultum
From cōnsultus
From cōnsulō.