MEANING
To seek advice or information from someone or a source.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- consult an expert
- consult the records
On the page
She consulted the records before challenging the date.
He consulted an expert rather than rely on the familiar account.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- consult
- Past tense
- consulted
- Past participle
- consulted
- Present participle
- consulting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- consult
- Present continuous
- am/is/are consulting
- Present perfect
- have/has consulted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been consulting
- Past
- consulted
- Past continuous
- was/were consulting
- Past perfect
- had consulted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been consulting
- Future
- will consult
- Future continuous
- will be consulting
- Future perfect
- will have consulted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been consulting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: consult; consults; consulted; consulted; consulting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: consults.
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