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advisory

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ad·vi·so·ry  (d-vz-r)
adj.
1. Empowered to advise: an advisory committee.
2. Relating to or containing advice, especially a warning: an advisory memorandum regarding airworthiness.
n. pl. ad·vi·so·ries
A report giving information, especially a warning: a weather advisory.

advisory
Adjective
able to offer advice
Noun
pl -ries
1. a statement giving advice or a warning
2. a person or organization that gives advice: the Prime Minister's media advisory
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.advisory - an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat; "a frost advisory"
promulgation, announcement - a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English"
Adj.1.advisory - giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"
informatory, informative - providing or conveying information

advisory
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Spanish advisory [adˈvaɪzərɪ] adjconsultivo;
in an advisory capacity → como asesor

French advisory [ədˈvaɪzərɪ] advise adjconsultatif/ive;
in an advisory capacity → à titre consultatif

German advisory [ədˈvaɪzərɪ] advise adjberatend, Beratungs-;
in an advisory capacity advise → in beratender Funktion

Italian advisory [ədˈvaɪzərɪ] adjconsultivo/a;
in an advisory capacity → in veste di consulente

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It is time now to recollect that the powers were merely advisory and recommendatory; that they were so meant by the States, and so understood by the convention; and that the latter have accordingly planned and proposed a Constitution which is to be of no more consequence than the paper on which it is written, unless it be stamped with the approbation of those to whom it is addressed.
Sir Christopher Tomling has been ravished from the Argentine, where, after all, he was but preparing trade-routes for hostile peoples, and now adorns the forefront of Penfentenyou's Advisory Board.
The latter's advisory statesmen were showered with honours and decorations, and sent home.
 
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