different between consult vs consuls

English

Etymology

From Middle French consulter, from Latin c?nsult? (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of c?nsul? (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sul?, from Proto-Indo-European *selh?- (“to take, grab”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• enPR: k?n's?lt or k?ns?lt'
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?lt/, /k?n?s?lt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?lt/

Verb

• enPR: k?ns?lt', IPA^(key): /k?n?s?lt/

Noun

consult (plural consults)

1. (obsolete) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation
2. (obsolete) the result of consultation; determination; decision.
3. (obsolete) A council; a meeting for consultation.
   • 1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne, Chapter 5

     a consult of coquettes

4. (obsolete) Agreement; concert.
5. (US) A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.

Usage notes

• The noun consult is avoided in British English, where consultation is preferred. In American English, they are merely synonyms.

Synonyms

• consultation

Verb

consult (third-person singular simple present consults, present participle consulting, simple past and past participle consulted)

1. (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
   • 1661 (written), published in 1681, Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England

     All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons.

2. (intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
3. (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
4. (transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
5. (transitive) To refer to (something) for information.

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   • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences

     Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature, to seek for new truths, to do what the great discoverers of other times had done; they were content to consult libraries.

6. (transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To deliberate upon; to take for.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

   • Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people.

Derived terms

Related terms

• consultant
• consultation

Translations

Further reading

• consult in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• consult in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Cultons

English

Noun

consuls

1. plural of consul

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ls

Noun

consuls

1. Plural form of consul

French

Noun

consuls m

1. plural of consul