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# consult

«consult» in Mova's school dictionary: **To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (consult, consults, consulted, consulting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#m1)

2) To look in a book, map or other source for information: consult a dictionary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#m2)

3) To talk with others before making a decision: consult your parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school pupils consult dictionaries, atlases and teachers; in health and safety, consult a doctor or pharmacist when ill. In formal exam language "consult the table" means look at it. Phrases: consult a doctor, consult a map, consult with, consult the table.

### examples

- If the pain gets worse, consult a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#x1)
- Consult a dictionary if you don't know a word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#x2)
- We consulted the map to find the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#x3)
- (formal) Consult the table to find the cost of three tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#x4)
- The school consulted parents about the new uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#x5)
- Before buying the dog, they consulted a vet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#x6)
- Whatever he had to do, he always consulted his tutor about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Nouns: consultation, consultant (an expert, also a senior hospital doctor in the UK and Ireland). It is more formal than "ask" or "look up".

### In the corpora

- [or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.509/)
- [For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1469/)
- [And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.562/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consult» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consult/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.