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Consult

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

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Broader term 8

Advise 76% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Counsel 76% connected

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

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Enquire 76% connected

See Inquire.

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Inquire 76% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

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Rede 76% connected

To advise or counsel.

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Research 76% connected

Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

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Collogue 76% connected

To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.

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Audience 74% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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Audience 74% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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Consultation 74% connected

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

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Consultation 74% connected

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

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Consultative 74% connected

Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.

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Consultative 74% connected

Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.

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Consultatory 74% connected

Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.

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Consultatory 74% connected

Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.

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Consultive 74% connected

Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.

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Consultive 74% connected

Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.

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Reference 74% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Reference 74% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Synonym 4

Confab 92% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

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Confabulate 92% connected

To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

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Confer 92% connected

To bring together for comparison; to compare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Refer 92% connected

To carry or send back.

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