[ US /ˈkaʊnsəɫ/ ]
[ UK /kˈa‍ʊnsə‍l/ ]
VERB
  1. give advice to
    The teacher counsels troubled students
    The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud
NOUN
  1. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
  2. a lawyer who pleads cases in court
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How To Use counsel In A Sentence

  • The woman sitting next to me had counseled children facing severe emotional and physical abuse for 20 years.
  • The center provides counseling service to victims who have been raped.
  • Closing date for enrolment forms was on Tuesday March 1st, 2005 for Good Counsel Girls School.
  • Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
  • GPs and counsellors would need to be involved. Times, Sunday Times
  • Conseco has no investment bankers, legal counsel, commercial bankers, or consultants doing business with the company on its board, nor are there any interlocking directorates.
  • One minister counseled his people, let us do nothing to rekindle the slumbering fires of prejudice between the two races. A Renegade History of the United States
  • During that period of time, he made numerous court appearances, sometimes unrepresented and other times represented by counsel.
  • [42] Of such ministers and counselors, the holy king said that they who were confounded and ashamed should remove themselves far from him: _Avertantur statim erubescentes, qui dicunt mihi, "Euge, euge! The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
  • Once upon a time, I was a camp counselor in scenic New Hampshire, where I taught swimming. 'America's Next Top Model' recap: Commercial success | EW.com
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