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1. Get or ask advice from
   "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision";
   - confer with
    
2. Seek information from
   "You should consult the dictionary";
   - refer, look up
    
3. Have a discussion
   "We consulted about a plan of action";
   - confer, confabulate, confab [informal]
    
4. Advise professionally
   "The professor consults for industry"

Derived forms: consults, consulting, consulted

Type of: advise, ask, counsel, discuss, enquire [Brit, Cdn], hash out, inquire, rede [archaic], research, talk over

Encyclopedia: Consult