consult UK /ˈkɒnsʌlt/US /ˈkɑnsʌlt/verb 8noun 5forms 5 verb8 •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. — 1593 •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. — 1899 •To refer to (something) for information.Which reminds me that I have never remembered from that hour to consult the dictionary upon a selvage. — 1904 •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. — 1887 •To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm. •To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.We are […] to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. — 1692 •(no longer used) To deliberate upon; to take for.Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. — 1702 •(no longer used) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. — 1611 noun5 •(US) A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation. •(no longer used) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation.For first upon consult of reason, there will bee found no easie assurance for to fasten a materiall or temperamentall propriety upon any nation; […] — 1646 •(no longer used) A council; a meeting for consultation. •(no longer used) The result of consultation; determination; decision.[T]he council broke; / And all their grave consults dissolv'd in smoke. — 1701 •(no longer used) Agreement; concert. formsconsulted · consulting · consulteth · consults · consultest