counsel

«counsel» in Mova's school dictionary: advice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (counsel, uncountable; counsel = lawyer); verb (counsel, counsels, counselled/counseled, counselling/counseling)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Counsel is advice. tree →

2) To counsel someone is to give them advice, especially about a problem or feelings. tree →

3) (law) Counsel is a lawyer who speaks for someone in court. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used about school counsellors, help after sad events, law (counsel for the defence) and the Bible (wise counsel).

examples

• She gave me wise counsel. tree →
• A teacher counselled him after his dog died. tree →
• Counsel for the defence stood up. tree →
• The Bible praises those who listen to good counsel. tree →
• Families are counselled through hard times. tree →
• Keep your own counsel means keep quiet about it. tree →
• Rosimond took these wise counsels to heart. tree →

note

Homophone: council (a group that runs a town). UK: counselled, counsellor; US: counseled, counselor. Plural for lawyers stays «counsel».

In the corpora

• For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
• And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
• Then said Absalom to Ahithophel: 'Give your counsel what we shall do.'
• And Hushai said unto Absalom: 'The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.'
• And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «counsel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.