consult

Plural: consults

Verb

• get or ask advice from
  • "Consult your local broker"
  • "They had to consult before arriving at a decision"
• seek information from
  • "You should consult the dictionary"
• have a conference in order to talk something over
• advise professionally
  • "The professor consults for industry"
• To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
• To advise or offer expertise.
• To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
• To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
• To refer to (something) for information.
• To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
• To deliberate upon; to take for.
• To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

Noun

• A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
• The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation.
• The result of consultation; determination; decision.
• A council; a meeting for consultation.
• Agreement; concert.

Synonyms

confab, confabulate, confer, confer with, consultation, look up, refer, see, seek

Related Words

consultant, consultation