consult
/ˈkɑnsʌlt/ verb B2- 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.
He/she/it consults · Past consulted · Past participle consulted · -ing form consulting
Verb forms
- Base form
- consult
- He/she/it
- consults
- Past
- consulted
- Past participle
- consulted
- -ing form
- consulting
From the library
I would advise you, before you determine on it, to consult the wishes of the present party; I am much mistaken if there are not some among us to whom a ball would be rather a punishment than a pleasure.”
“Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine?”
If your abhorrence of _me_ should make _my_ assertions valueless, you cannot be prevented by the same cause from confiding in my cousin; and that there may be the possibility of consulting him, I shall endeavour to find some opportunity of putting this letter in your hands in the course of the morning.
“‘I must see that paper, Musgrave,’ said I, ‘which this butler of yours thought it worth his while to consult, even at the risk of the loss of his place.’
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