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as in lawyer
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations
if you cannot afford counsel, one will be provided for you
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as in advice
an opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action
I suggest you take the teacher's counsel
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as in adviser
a person who gives advice especially professionally
the toy manufacturer hired a public relations counsel to do some damage control
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as in consult
an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue
she approved the move after a counsel with her advisers
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as in to consult
to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem
concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community
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as in to guide
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college
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as in to advise
to give advice to
perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you
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Recent Examples of counsel
Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 June 2025
For a cost, an attorney can provide legal counsel and help determine whether your rights were violated.
—Margaret Cirino, NPR, 25 June 2025
Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
He’s spent the years since the controversy counseling other public figures who have been through similar experiences.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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Noun
Trump fired previous special counsel Hampton Dellinger, despite his Senate confirmation to a five-year term, amid his battle to restore fired federal workers to their posts after the Trump administration booted federal workers still in their probationary period.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 June 2025
For a cost, an attorney can provide legal counsel and help determine whether your rights were violated.
—Margaret Cirino, NPR, 25 June 2025
Verb
But when counseling her distraught daughter, Georgia says the choice is Ginny’s to make, and no one else’s.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
He’s spent the years since the controversy counseling other public figures who have been through similar experiences.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counsel
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However, the family's lawyers are now saying the police had records of his mental and physical state.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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The settlement, which took six years, calls for San Diego to pay $650,000 in legal fees to the plaintiffs’ lawyers.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Google has already issued advice on how to mitigate the dangers of recent SMS Blaster attacks, where the hacker doesn’t even need to know your phone number.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Using that analogy, Steven Spielberg had some really good advice in post-production.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2025
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The first meeting of new vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrapped up Thursday after days of discussions that rankled mainstream scientists, public health experts and major medical associations.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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Then again, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner served as senior White House advisers during Trump’s first administration.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health.—
Jariel Arvin,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2025
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In The Permanente Medical Group, virtual specialty consults like these resolved 40% of cases immediately without the need for additional visits.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The law confers absolute liability on contractors and building owners when a worker is injured on a construction site.—
Nick Langworthy,
New York Daily News,
3 July 2025
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The station representative stepped away, conferred and returned with an answer.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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His legacy was the tradition of limited government and individual responsibility that guides us back to our true north when America gets off track.—
Linda McMahon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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And last month, Kennedy dismissed an expert panel of vaccine advisers that has historically guided the federal government’s vaccine recommendations, a move that concerned public health officials across the country.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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The Context Diogo Jose Teixeira da Silva, who went by Diogo Jota, and his brother André died on Thursday while driving from Spain to England after a doctor advised them not to fly after Jota received minor lung surgery.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission advises that children do not use fireworks, including sparklers.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2025
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But only $2 million is being allocated to nutrition, an amount experts suggest is inadequate.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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But just 3% percent of those users pay for access to the software, Menlo estimated based on the survey’s results—suggesting 97% of users only use the free tier of AI tools.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
1 July 2025
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“Counsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counsel. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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