Verb: consult kun'súlt
- Get or ask advice from
"Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision";
- confer with
- Seek information from
"You should consult the dictionary";
- refer, look up
- Advise professionally
"The professor consults for industry"
- Have a discussion
"We consulted about a plan of action";
- confer, confabulate, confab [informal]
Derived forms: consults, consulting, consulted
Type of: advise, ask, counsel, discuss, enquire [Brit, Cdn], hash out, inquire, rede [archaic], research, talk over
Encyclopedia: Consult