(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'
1.
Counsel is advice. (FORMAL)
He had always been able to count on her wise ~...
His parishioners sought his ~ and loved him.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you ~ someone to take a course of action, or if you ~ a course of action, you advise that course of action. (FORMAL)
My advisers ~led me to do nothing...
The prime minister was right to ~ caution about military intervention.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n
3.
If you ~ people, you give them advice about their problems.
...a psychologist who ~s people with eating disorders...
Crawford ~s her on all aspects of her career.
VERB: V n, V n on n
4.
Someone’s ~ is the lawyer who gives them advice on a legal case and speaks on their behalf in court.
Singleton’s ~ said after the trial that he would appeal...
N-COUNT: oft supp N