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You should consult with your lawyer. 2 refer to, look up, seek
information from: If in doubt, consult the dictionary.
consultant
n. 1 physician, doctor, specialist, expert: You ought to get
the opinion of another consultant. 2 adviser or advisor,
expert, counsellor or US counselor: Our financial consultant
tells us how to handle the company funds.
consume v. 1 devour, eat (up), gulp (down), swallow, drink (up), put
away, gobble (up); digest: When those teenagers come home, they
consume everything in sight. 2 use up, exhaust, deplete, drain,
expend, diminish, reduce: The new car has consumed all our
savings. 3 waste, occupy, squander, fritter away, dissipate,
absorb, lose, throw away, lavish, Slang blow: Too much of your
time has already been consumed by that problem. 4 destroy,
ruin, (lay) waste, demolish, wreck, gut, raze, Slang US and
Canadian total: Fire consumed the entire house. 5 overcome,
overwhelm, devastate, destroy, annihilate, ravage, (lay) waste,
wear out, ruin, eat up, devour, do in; preoccupy, obsess: He is
consumed by jealousy.
consummation
n. 1 completion, accomplishment, fulfilment, finish, end,
realization, attainment, achievement, success; completing,
accomplishing, fulfilling, finishing, ending, realizing,
attaining, achieving: Owning a Rolls Royce was the consummation
of her dreams. 2 acme, perfection, peak, culmination, finishing
touch, conclusion, grand finale, climax: The Nobel prize was
the consummation of an arduous life of research.
contact n. 1 junction, conjunction, connection: If the wires make
contact, the fuse will blow. 2 acquaintance, friend,
connection, Colloq US in: I have a contact on the board of
directors. 3 touch, communication, association: Are you still
in contact with Georgina?
--v. 4 get in touch with, communicate with, reach, get hold of;
phone, ring (up), telephone, speak to or with, write to,
correspond with: Try to contact the manager at his home.
contain v. 1 hold, have in it; bear, carry: The capsule contained a
deadly poison. 2 hold, have the capacity for, accommodate,