n. : The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.n. : A council; a meeting for consultation.n. : Agreement; concert.n. : A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.v. To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.v. To advise or offer expertise.v. To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.v. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.v. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.v. , (obsolete): To deliberate upon; to take for.v. , (obsolete): To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.