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advisory

advisory

48 4.2
Giving advice but not making decisions
  • adjective
  • /ədˈvaɪzəri/
  • Formal
translation icon : consultivo
  • The Economic Cooperation Administration created an advisory committee to recommend which commercial feature films warranted guarantees.
  • an advisory committee
  • an advisory board
  • an advisory council

You know, that he that, that that Citizens Advisory Council on National Space policy.

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Examples

  • The center is run by an advisory committee of federal, provincial, and industrial representatives.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The Roman carabinieri are here as well in an advisory capacity.

  • And we just had an advisory committee meeting this morning.

  • Does AI play an advisory role in the future?

  • So we started and we set up a committee here on campus to kind of be an advisory committee to the director.

  • Well, I normally function in purely an advisory capacity.

  • Bob said I should come by the embassy twice a week in an advisory capacity.

  • Daniel was chairman of the Student Advisory Committee for the Biology Department.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • As a member of the advisory committee, you'll be there.

  • The consultant provided her expertise in an advisory role during the project.

Synonyms

consultative
vsadvisory
  • Formal
5 7.1

Giving advice rather than making decisions

is focused on the duty to advise without decision authority
consultive
vsadvisory
  • Formal
7.1

Giving advice to a person or group without having decision power

is the formal duty of advising without decision power
consultatory
vsadvisory
  • Formal
8.8

To give advice or guidance to others

is the role of offering recommendations rather than making choices
monitorial
vsadvisory
  • Archaic
7.9

Someone gives a warning or advice to help others avoid mistakes

is neutral recommending without warning or admonishment

Antonyms

30 3.7

Able to choose quickly and firmly

Compounds

A group of people who give expert advice to an organization like a company or university

A person or company that gives expert advice to help people make decisions

How Authoritative

binding
  • Formal
4.6
authoritative
39 5.8
advisory
  • Formal
48 4.2
consultative
  • Formal
5 7.1
suggestive
18 5.2

Surface Forms

advisory positive

Morphology

advisory = advise (transparent) = advise + ory

Clear derivation from the verb 'advise' plus the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ory', meaning 'relating to or providing advice'.

Etymology

Advisory comes from advise, which is made of ad- 'to' and a root meaning 'see', the same root as vision. So an advisory group or person offers careful suggestions based on what they 'see' and does not make the final decision.