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consultsnounpl. of consult an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issueit was time for a change of do, which called for a consult with her hairdresser argumentations, arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), back-and-forths, colloquies, confabs, confabulations, conferences, consultations, councils, counsel, debates, deliberations, dialogues(also dialogs), discussions, give-and-takes, palavers, parleys, talks bull sessions, chat rooms, forums(also fora), meetings, powwows, roundtables(or less commonly round tables), seminars, skull sessions(also skull practices), symposia(or symposiums), talkathonschats, conversations, raps, wordsdiscourses, disquisitionsconsultancies, negotiations, pourparlers to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problemwill consult with several experts on the disease before deciding which course of treatment to pursue advises, confabs, confabulates, confers, counsels, parleys, powwows, treats argues, bandies, bats (around), chews over, debates, deliberates, discusses, disputes, hashes (over), kicks around, moots, palavers, talks, talks over, ventilatesrehashescoaches, guides, tutorsrecommends, suggestsdirects, refers (to) to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantageI often consult the dictionary when I am uncertain of a word's exact meaning goes (to), refers (to), resorts (to), turns (to) employs, uses, utilizesdepends (on), relies (on) falls back on |