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consults

consults is the plural of consult.

consults is the third-person singular simple present indicative of consult.

Meaning of consult

Noun

consult (countable and uncountable, plural consults)

  1. (US, countable) A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
    Synonyms:
    consultation
  2. (obsolete) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation.
    • For firſt upon conſult of reaſon, there will bee found no eaſie aſſurance for to faſten a materiall or temperamentall propriety upon any nation; […]1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Iewes”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 4th book, page 201
  3. (obsolete) The result of consultation; determination; decision.
    • [T]he council broke; / And all their grave conſults diſſolv'd in ſmoke.a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760...
  4. (obsolete) A council; a meeting for consultation.
    • a consult of coquettes1730, Jonathan Swift, chapter 5, in Death and Daphne
  5. (obsolete) Agreement; concert.

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Questions about consults

What is consults the plural of?
Consults is the plural of consult.

Words near consults in the dictionary

  1. consultor
  2. consultors
  3. consultory
  4. consultress
  5. consultresses
  6. consults
  7. consumability
  8. consumable
  9. consumables
  10. consumably
  11. consumah

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