counsel

/'kaunsəl/

Thân thiện

The lawyer provides counsel to her client in her office.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Advice, guidance: "Counsel" refers to formal or serious advice given after careful thought, often about important decisions.
   • A lawyer or group of lawyers: In a legal context, "counsel" means a lawyer or the team of lawyers representing someone in court.

2. Verb:

   • To give professional advice: "Counsel" means to give support and guidance, especially on personal, social, or psychological issues, often in a professional capacity.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Advice):

  • She sought her mentor's counsel before accepting the job offer.
  • His wise counsel helped us navigate the difficult situation.

• Noun (Lawyer):

  • The defendant and his counsel entered the courtroom.
  • She is serving as counsel for the prosecution.

• Verb:

  • The therapist counsels couples experiencing communication problems.
  • He was counselled to plead guilty to the lesser charge.

Advanced Usage

• "To keep one's own counsel": to keep one's thoughts, plans, or opinions secret.

  • She is a private person who keeps her own counsel.

• "To take counsel": to consult with someone or deliberate together.

  • The leaders took counsel before announcing their decision.

Variants and Related Words

• Counselling/Counseling (n): the process of receiving guidance from a professional counsellor.

  • She is receiving grief counselling.

• Counsellor/Counselor (n): a person who gives guidance, such as a therapist, advisor, or lawyer.

  • a school counsellor; a legal counsellor

Synonyms

• Noun (Advice): advice, guidance, recommendation.
• Noun (Lawyer): attorney, lawyer, barrister (UK).
• Verb: advise, guide, consult.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Counsel" is not commonly used with particles to form phrasal verbs. The verb is typically used transitively.)

Related Idioms

• A counsel of despair: advice that suggests giving up because a situation seems hopeless.

  • Telling him to drop out now is a counsel of despair.

• A counsel of perfection: advice that is ideal but impossible or very difficult to achieve.

  • Telling us to never make a mistake is a counsel of perfection.

Học thuật

Noun

1. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
2. a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Verb

1. give advice to
   • The teacher counsels troubled students
   • The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud

Từ đồng nghĩa

• guidance
• counseling
• counselling
• direction
• advocate
• counselor
• counsellor
• counselor-at-law
• pleader
• rede
• advise