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Consult and Review Definitions

Consult

To seek advice or information of
Consult an attorney.

Review

To look over, study, or examine again
Reviewed last week's lesson.

Consult

To refer to
Consulted the restaurant's website for directions.

Review

To consider retrospectively; look back on
Reviewed the day's events.

Consult

To take into account; consider
Consult one's checkbook before making a major purchase.

Review

To examine with an eye to criticism or correction
Reviewed the research findings.
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Consult

To exchange views; confer.

Review

To write or give a critical report on (a new work or performance, for example).

Consult

To work or serve as a consultant
A retired executive who consults for several large companies.

Review

(Law) To evaluate (a decision made by or action taken by a lower court) to determine whether any error was made.

Consult

A consultation, especially one involving physicians.

Review

To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.
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Consult

(obsolete) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation

Review

To go over or restudy material
Reviewing for a final exam.

Consult

(obsolete) the result of consultation; determination; decision.

Review

To write critical reviews, especially for a newspaper or magazine.

Consult

(obsolete) A council; a meeting for consultation.

Review

A reexamination or reconsideration.
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Consult

(obsolete) Agreement; concert.

Review

A retrospective view or survey.

Consult

(US) A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.

Review

A restudying of subject matter.

Consult

(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

Review

An exercise for use in restudying material.

Consult

(intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.

Review

A report or essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance.

Consult

(intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.

Review

A periodical devoted to articles and essays on current affairs, literature, or art.

Consult

(transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)

Review

An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.

Consult

(transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
Look up

Review

A formal military inspection.

Consult

(transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

Review

A formal military ceremony held in honor of a person or occasion.

Consult

To deliberate upon; to take for.

Review

(Law) An evaluation conducted by a higher court of a decision made or action taken by a lower court to determine whether any error was made.

Consult

To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

Review

A musical show consisting of often satirical skits, songs, and dances; a revue.

Consult

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Let us consult upon to-morrow's business.
All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons.

Review

A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.

Consult

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.
Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries.

Review

An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.

Consult

To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight.

Review

(legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.

Consult

To deliberate upon; to take for.
Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved.

Review

A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.

Consult

To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people.

Review

A survey of the available items or material.
The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.

Consult

The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.
The council broke;And all grave consults dissolved in smoke.

Review

A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
The Times Literary Review is published in London.

Consult

A council; a meeting for consultation.

Review

A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.

Consult

Agreement; concert

Review

A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.

Consult

Get or ask advice from;
Consult your local broker
They had to consult before arriving at a decision

Review

To survey; to look broadly over.
Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.

Consult

Seek information from;
You should consult the dictionary
Refer to your notes

Review

To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
The critic reviews every new play in London.

Consult

When planning or deciding something

Review

To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.

Consult

Have a conference in order to talk something over;
We conferred about a plan of action

Review

To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

Consult

Advise professionally;
The professor consults for industry

Review

(obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.

Review

(obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

Review

To view or see again; to look back on.

Review

To go over and examine critically or deliberately.

Review

To retrace; to go over again.
Shall I the long, laborious scene review?

Review

To look back; to make a review.

Review

A second or repeated view; a reëxamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

Review

An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

Review

A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

Review

A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

Review

An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

Review

The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

Review

A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Review

A new appraisal or evaluation

Review

An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

Review

A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

Review

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

Review

A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

Review

A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

Review

A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

Review

(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

Review

Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

Review

A formal or official examination;
The platoon stood ready for review
We had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator

Review

Look at again; examine again;
Let's review your situation

Review

Appraise critically;
She reviews books for the New York Times
Please critique this performance

Review

Hold a review (of troops)

Review

Refresh one's memory;
I reviewed the material before the test

Review

Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember;
She reviewed her achievements with pride

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