consult

consult is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
2. transitive verb. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
3. transitive verb. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
4. transitive verb. To deliberate upon; to take for.
5. transitive verb. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
6. noun. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.
7. noun. A council; a meeting for consultation.
8. noun. Agreement; concert
9. verb. advise professionally

   "The professor consults for industry"

10. verb. have a conference in order to talk something over

    "We conferred about a plan of action"

    Synonyms: confab, confabulate, confer

11. verb. seek information from

    "You should consult the dictionary"

    "refer to your notes"

    Synonyms: refer

12. verb. get or ask advice from

    "Consult your local broker"

    "They had to consult before arriving at a decision"

Synonyms

confab, confabulate, confer, refer

Common word forms

consults, consulted, consulter, consulting, consultable

Words from these letters

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