Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“consulted” is a form of

consult

UK /ˈkɒnsʌlt/ · US /ˈkɑnsʌlt/ noun, verb

Forms consults consulting consulted

  1. noun (now US, countable) A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
  2. noun (obsolete) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation.
  3. noun (obsolete) The result of consultation; determination; decision.
  4. noun (obsolete) A council; a meeting for consultation.
  5. noun (obsolete) Agreement; concert.
  6. verb (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
  7. verb (intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
  8. verb (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
  9. verb (transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
  10. verb (transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
  11. verb (transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
  12. verb (transitive, obsolete) To deliberate upon; to take for.
  13. verb (transitive, obsolete) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

Synonyms

consultation see seek refer confer with look up confer confabulate confab

Etymology

From Middle French consulter, from Latin cōnsultum, from cōnsultus, from cōnsulō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer.
  2. verb 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.
  3. verb To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
  4. noun The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “consult”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “consult” (best matches first).