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advisory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ədˈvaɪzəɹi/ (UK)
  • /ædˈvaɪz(ə)ɹi/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *widtós Proto-Italic *wissos Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise English -ory English advisory From advise + -ory.

Meanings

  1. Able to give advice.
    • The advisory committee could only offer advice, but since that was almost always accepted they had real power.
  2. Containing advice; advising.
    • The consultant's advisory recommendations were selectively adopted.

Forms

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more advisory Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most advisory Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

advisory letter · advisory opinion · advisorily · nonadvisory

Descendants

advaiseri

Translations (23)

fr consultatif (able to give advice) · mk советодавен (able to give advice) · de beratend (able to give advice) · ru совеща́тельный (able to give advice) · cs poradní (able to give advice) · sv rådgivande (able to give advice) · bg консултативен (able to give advice) · es consultivo (able to give advice) · de Beratungs- (able to give advice) · mk советодавен (containing advice) · nn rådgivande (able to give advice) · hu tanácsadó (able to give advice) · it consultivo (able to give advice) · et nõustav (able to give advice) · fi neuvoa-antava (able to give advice) · nb rådgivende (able to give advice) · nl raadgevend (able to give advice) · bg съвещателен (able to give advice) · fi neuvoa-antava (containing advice) · pl doradczy (able to give advice) · nn rådgjevande (able to give advice) · da rådgivende (able to give advice) · nl raadgevend (containing advice)

advisory en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ədˈvaɪzəɹi/ (UK)
  • /ædˈvaɪz(ə)ɹi/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *widtós Proto-Italic *wissos Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise English -ory English advisory From advise + -ory.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A warning.
    • The Coast Guard issued a small craft advisory, warning little boats to watch out for bad weather.
    • Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. 2025 August 30, “US beaches warn about water quality due to unsafe levels of fecal contamination this Labor Day weekend”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A warning. ▸ Official information issued by the National Weather Service that highlights special weather conditions that are less serious than a warning. They are for events that may cause significant inconvenience, and if caution is not exercised, it could lead to situations that may threaten life and/or property.
  3. (nonstandard, possibly, uncommon, uncountable) Supervision by an advisor.
    • After that, however, the village made steady progress in establishing a system of collective agriculture and communal organization under the advisory of the SERA. 2017 December 4, Daniel Mann, “Appendix 3: Impressions from Liweta and Namatuhi”, in The smell of Ujamaa is still there[:] Tanzania's Path of Development between Grassroots Socialism and Central State Control in Ruvuma, Würzburg University Press, →ISBN, page 315:
    • Every morning, every 20 students on discipline, will [be under] the advisory of one teacher for 20 minutes. 1996 March 14, Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, “School Discipline and the Community: Local School Districts, the Judicial System, and Community Programs”, in Discipline in Michigan Public Schools and Government Enforcement of Equal Education Opportunity, page 31:

Forms

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advisories Number=Plur lexicographic

Hyponyms

resolution advisory · traffic advisory

Relateds

adviso · aviso

Translations (11)

hu figyelmeztetés (a warning) · fr alerte (a warning) · fi varoitus (a warning) · bg предупреждение (a warning) · fr bulletin d'alerte (a warning) · it avvertenza (a warning) · es informe (a warning) · ru предупрежде́ние (a warning) · es aviso (a warning) · fi tiedotus (a warning) · es alerta (a warning)