counsel

  • 21counsel — coun|sel1 [ˈkaunsəl] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: conseil, from Latin consilium, from consulere; CONSULT] 1.) a type of lawyer who represents you in court counsel for ▪ The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain. 2.) keep …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22counsel — /ˈkaʊnsəl / (say kownsuhl) noun 1. advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgement or conduct of another. 2. interchange of opinions as to future procedure; consultation; deliberation: to take counsel with one s partners. 3.… …

  • 23counsel — /kawnsal/ attorney or counsellor (q.v.). Advice and assistance given by one person to another in regard to a legal matter, proposed line of conduct, claim, or contention. See also counsel, right to. The words counsel and advise may be, and… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24counsel — /kawnsal/ attorney or counsellor (q.v.). Advice and assistance given by one person to another in regard to a legal matter, proposed line of conduct, claim, or contention. See also counsel, right to. The words counsel and advise may be, and… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 25counsel — n. & v. n. 1 advice, esp. formally given. 2 consultation, esp. to seek or give advice. 3 (pl. same) a barrister or other legal adviser; a body of these advising in a case. 4 a plan of action. v.tr. (counselled, counselling; US counseled,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26counsel — council, counsel 1. These are now distinct words and are only distantly related. A council is an administrative body or meeting, and its members are councillors. Counsel is advice given formally and often professionally; counsel or a counsel is a …

    Modern English usage

  • 27counsel — coun|sel1 [ kaunsl ] (present participle coun|sel|ing or coun|sel|ling; past tense and past participle coun|seled or coun|selled) verb transitive ** 1. ) to give someone advice and help with their problems, especially as your job: She has spent… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28counsel — noun 1》 advice, especially that given formally.     ↘archaic consultation. 2》 (plural same) a barrister or other legal adviser conducting a case. verb (counsels, counselling, counselled; US counsels, counseling, counseled) 1》 give advice to …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29counsel — 1 noun technical 1 (singular) a type of lawyer who represents you in court: The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain. 2 keep your own counsel to keep your plans, opinions etc secret 3 (U) literary advice 2 verb (T) 1 formal to advise… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30counsel — 01. His best friend [counseled] him to divorce his wife after he found out she was having an affair. 02. They spoke to a [counselor] at their child s school to try to find out why she was constantly fighting with the other children in her class.… …

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