Counsel
noun
Advice given by someone.
He gave me some good counsel on my career choices.
Often appears as...
- give counsel
- take counsel
noun
A lawyer or group of lawyers giving legal advice.
The defendant will need to speak to his counsel before the trial.
Often appears as...
- legal counsel
- defense counsel
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To give advice.
I was counseled by my teacher to focus more on my studies.
Often appears as...
- counsel someone
- counsel against
verb
To provide professional mental health guidance.
She counsels people dealing with trauma and stress.
Often appears as...
- counsel patients
- professionally counsel
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Technical
noun
Advice given by someone.
He gave me some good counsel on my career choices.
Often appears as...
- give counsel
- take counsel
noun
A lawyer or group of lawyers giving legal advice.
The defendant will need to speak to his counsel before the trial.
Often appears as...
- legal counsel
- defense counsel
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To give advice.
I was counseled by my teacher to focus more on my studies.
Often appears as...
- counsel someone
- counsel against
verb
To provide professional mental health guidance.
She counsels people dealing with trauma and stress.
Often appears as...
- counsel patients
- professionally counsel
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Formality Level
Used in both formal and informal settings to suggest thoughtful, considered advice.
Seeking his uncle's counsel, he made a wise choice.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implication
Implies advice from someone with experience or expertise in a particular area.
Before investing, she sought financial counsel.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Casual
Don't confuse 'counsel' with casual, everyday opinions. It denotes more serious advice.
After the accident, he required professional counsel, not just opinions.
Pro Tip 1/3Formality Level
Used in both formal and informal settings to suggest thoughtful, considered advice.
Seeking his uncle's counsel, he made a wise choice.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implication
Implies advice from someone with experience or expertise in a particular area.
Before investing, she sought financial counsel.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Casual
Don't confuse 'counsel' with casual, everyday opinions. It denotes more serious advice.
After the accident, he required professional counsel, not just opinions.
Pro Tip 1/3Formality Level
Used in both formal and informal settings to suggest thoughtful, considered advice.
Seeking his uncle's counsel, he made a wise choice.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implication
Implies advice from someone with experience or expertise in a particular area.
Before investing, she sought financial counsel.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Casual
Don't confuse 'counsel' with casual, everyday opinions. It denotes more serious advice.
After the accident, he required professional counsel, not just opinions.
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
He kept looking through the window and could hear all the holler. And finally, this older Black man with a very worried look on his face came into the courtroom and sat behind me, almost at counsel table. Ten minutes later, the judge said we'd take a break. During the break, there was a deputy sheriff who was offended
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Growing Up Transgender...
and she said i started to do the operation and then i realized that i had a serious problem i think they took it more seriously realized they needed to take some more serious steps and we got me to counseling and after being diagnosed i was unable to you know start taking
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Dan Dennett: Responding...
the compass I rely on for direction, the counsel I listen to for making wise decisions, and the benchmark I use for evaluating everything." Well maybe, OK, but what's going to follow from this? And here's one that does concern me. Remember I quoted him before with this
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What’s that ringing in...
Practiced alongside counseling, these interventions allow people to re-evaluate their relationship with tinnitus. Losing the sound of silence can be troubling to say the least. Tinnitus reveals that your brain is constantly analyzing the world around you,
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The power of introverts...
Camp was more like a keg party without any alcohol. And on the very first day, our counselor gathered us all together and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing every day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit. And it went like
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How do cigarettes affect...
They work by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain and thus preventing withdrawal symptoms, without the addition of other harmful chemicals. Counselling and support groups, cognitive behavioral therapy, and moderate intensity exercise
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Why should you read...
and what role might he play in the course of justice? These questions are complicated by a tangled web of characters, forcing Hamlet to negotiate friends, family, court counselors, and love interests– many of whom possess ulterior motives.
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Inge Missmahl brings...
However, what can wound us and our reaction to those wounds -- they are universal. And the big challenge was how to understand the meaning of the symptom in this specific cultural context. After a counseling session, a woman said to me,
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The sound of things not...
was nothing being done was it really that simple publicly and prominently she set up a place where veterans could get help support psychological counseling where they could feel safe and Cynthia said something to me that everyone in
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A hilarious celebration...
to find my friends, so I can answer them as quickly as possible, because I know they need my counsel. They need my support, because most of my friends are writers, or activists, or actors, and you're all three
Video examples
Bryan Stevenson: We need...
He kept looking through the window and could hear all the holler. And finally, this older Black man with a very worried look on his face came into the courtroom and sat behind me, almost at counsel table. Ten minutes later, the judge said we'd take a break. During the break, there was a deputy sheriff who was offended
Video examples
Growing Up Transgender...
and she said i started to do the operation and then i realized that i had a serious problem i think they took it more seriously realized they needed to take some more serious steps and we got me to counseling and after being diagnosed i was unable to you know start taking
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Responding...
the compass I rely on for direction, the counsel I listen to for making wise decisions, and the benchmark I use for evaluating everything." Well maybe, OK, but what's going to follow from this? And here's one that does concern me. Remember I quoted him before with this
Video examples
What’s that ringing in...
Practiced alongside counseling, these interventions allow people to re-evaluate their relationship with tinnitus. Losing the sound of silence can be troubling to say the least. Tinnitus reveals that your brain is constantly analyzing the world around you,
Video examples
The power of introverts...
Camp was more like a keg party without any alcohol. And on the very first day, our counselor gathered us all together and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing every day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit. And it went like
Video examples
How do cigarettes affect...
They work by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain and thus preventing withdrawal symptoms, without the addition of other harmful chemicals. Counselling and support groups, cognitive behavioral therapy, and moderate intensity exercise
Video examples
Why should you read...
and what role might he play in the course of justice? These questions are complicated by a tangled web of characters, forcing Hamlet to negotiate friends, family, court counselors, and love interests– many of whom possess ulterior motives.
Video examples
Inge Missmahl brings...
However, what can wound us and our reaction to those wounds -- they are universal. And the big challenge was how to understand the meaning of the symptom in this specific cultural context. After a counseling session, a woman said to me,
Video examples
The sound of things not...
was nothing being done was it really that simple publicly and prominently she set up a place where veterans could get help support psychological counseling where they could feel safe and Cynthia said something to me that everyone in
Video examples
A hilarious celebration...
to find my friends, so I can answer them as quickly as possible, because I know they need my counsel. They need my support, because most of my friends are writers, or activists, or actors, and you're all three
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Quote examples
George S. Patton
American General
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
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Patti Smith
American Musician
As I go through life, I can see why my mother directed me that way, or why my father counseled me in that way. But some things you're open to when you're young, and some things you need to find out for yourself. I think that that's pretty universal.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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Daniel Craig
English Actor
I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
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Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
I left 'Octomom.' I went back to my life as a counselor.
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Walter Benjamin
German Critic
Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
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Pericles
Greek Statesman
Time is the wisest counselor of all.
Quote examples
George S. Patton
American General
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
As I go through life, I can see why my mother directed me that way, or why my father counseled me in that way. But some things you're open to when you're young, and some things you need to find out for yourself. I think that that's pretty universal.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.
Quote examples
Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
Quote examples
Daniel Craig
English Actor
I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
Quote examples
Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
I left 'Octomom.' I went back to my life as a counselor.
Quote examples
Walter Benjamin
German Critic
Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
Quote examples
Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
Quote examples
Pericles
Greek Statesman
Time is the wisest counselor of all.
Example 1 of 10
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