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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advisory |
| Synonyms: | advising, consultative, consultatory, consultive, instructive |
| Main Entry: | conferring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holding a conference |
| Synonyms: | consulting, conversing, counseling, deliberating, discussing, meeting, talking |
| Main Entry: | consultative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advisory |
| Synonyms: | advising, consultatory, consulting, consultive, instructive |
| Main Entry: | consultatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advisory |
| Synonyms: | advising, consultative, consulting, consultive, instructive |
| Main Entry: | consultive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advisory |
| Synonyms: | advising, consultative, consultatory, consulting, instructive |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make request, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, advise, appeal to, apply to, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, greet, implore, make advance, make overture, make up to, plead, propose, sound out, speak to, supplicate, take aside, talk to, thumb, tumble |
| Main Entry: | canvass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poll; discuss issues |
| Synonyms: | agitate, analyze, apply, argue, campaign, check, check over, consult, debate, dispute, electioneer, examine, inspect, investigate, review, run, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, study, survey, ventilate |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, deliberate |
| Synonyms: | advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, flap, gab, get heads together, give meeting, groupthink, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around, negotiate, parley, pick one's brain, powwow, speak, talk, toss ideas around, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn over in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, allow for, assent to, chew over, cogitate, concede, consult, contemplate, deal with, deliberate, dream of, envisage, examine, excogitate, favor, flirt with, grant, inspect, keep in mind, look at, meditate, mull over, muse, perpend, ponder, provide for, reason, reckon with, recognize, reflect, regard, revolve, ruminate, scan, scrutinize, see, see about, speculate, study, subscribe to, take into account, take under advisement, take up, think out, think over, toss around |
| Antonyms: | discard, dismiss, forget, ignore, neglect, reject |
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