advisoryadj.n.
/ədˈvʌɪz(ə)ri/, U.S. /ədˈvaɪzəri/ Originally North American.
A. adj.
1. Having the function of or responsibility for giving advice; characterized by the giving of advice; (sometimes) spec. having or consisting in the power to make recommendations, without necessarily being empowered to enforce them.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective]
counselful1548
admonishinga1569
counselling1629
consiliary1642
advisive1648
councillary1651
consiliative1656
recommendatory1690
advisory1751
mentorial1802
1751 J. Bass True Narr. Unhappy Contention 8 I..offered to join with them, in calling in an advisory Council, the one half chosen by them, and the other by myself.
1759 E. Eells Some Serious Remarks J. Todd's Faithful Narr. 4 Mr. Hall..would take his place with them in this council; which Mr. Todd says, was advisory.
1809 D. Ramsay Hist. S. Carolina II. i. 20 Churches, as corporations, can enforce their by-laws, but their powers as spiritual courts are merely advisary.
1847 Morning Chron. 12 Apr. 5/6 He had always understood that the council was advisory rather than an executive body.
1882 Times 27 Mar. 4 There was some difference of opinion in the Advisory Board.
1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 4 Sept. 7/3 An unprecedented demand for botanical specialists to fill investigational and advisory posts.
1963 J. B. Conant Educ. Amer. Teachers ii. 17 In five of the states I visited..the Legislatures have formally established advisory bodies, though in no case has the ultimate power to certify been delegated to them.
1991 U.S. News & World Rep. 4 Nov. 66/2 An advisory committee at the National Institutes of Health..approved three more gene-therapy proposals.
2010 D. Fink Succession Challenge v. 121 The human resources department acted in an advisory capacity to the school principal.
2. Of the nature of advice; expressing or conveying advice; (sometimes) spec. having the status of advice only; recommendatory but not binding.
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1761 R. Wolcott Let. to Rev. N. Hobart 4 Which Opinion of their's should not be juridical, but advisory.
1814 News from Infernal Regions ii. 84 I shall make a few advisory remarks for your advantage in future exigencies.
1862 Friends' Rev. 22 Mar. 450/1 To show that this [provision] is not merely advisory, it is added, ‘When any person of degrees of kindred as near as these shall intermarry, they shall be disowned.’
1880 United Service Feb. 266 ‘In time of peace prepare for war’ is an advisory warning applicable to naval as well as land preparations.
1895 Railroad Trainmen's Jrnl. Apr. 302/1 An advisory publication, giving advice as to the settlement of strikes.
1911 N.Y. Suppl. 128 845 These defendants now insist that the verdict is advisory only, and the court may disregard it.
a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 341 I didn't bother to do anything but..poke Cody in the ribs whenever Val, his mentor in Denver,..made any mentorial, positive, educational or advisory remarks.
2008 C. McKeown Office Ergonomics viii. 124 Warnings could be provided more directly, would have brief but clear content and would attract more attention than conventional advisory leaflets or booklets.
3. Of a course of action, maximum limit, etc.: recommended but not compulsory; suggested; = advised adj. 4a.
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1867 Southern Cultivator May 140/1 We thought we had to adopt the advisory plan, and ask them if they can't do so and so.
1917 J. P. Remington Pract. Pharmacy (ed. 6) I. 36 The assay for Cannabis and its preparations has been made compulsory but the others are only advisory.
1969 Guardian 4 Feb. 14/6 The operation of these lights already indicates an advisory maximum speed limit of 30 mph. It is not possible to enforce a mandatory speed limit in fog.
1986 H. D. Crone Chem. & Society xv. 197 Any lawsuit for damages would have much greater chances of success if it could be proved that an advisory level had been exceeded.
2001 M. O. Moss in M. R. Adams & M. J. R. Nout Fermentation & Food Safety v. 108/1 Samples of fresh apple juice taken from retail outlets in the United Kingdom were contaminated with patulin at levels that were above the advisory limit.
B. n.
1. An adviser. Also: an advisory body.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor
redesmanOE
counsellor?c1225
reder1340
guidec1385
patronc1400
counselc1405
nurse?a1425
dresserc1450
guidant1495
adviser1575
advisor1589
manuducent1615
consiliary1652
manuductor1657
Dutch uncle1838
referent1844
consultee1855
mantri1873
advisory1880
consigliere1981
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > group of
privy council?c1430
the three wise men1867
advisory1880
advisorate1924
adviserate1953
1880 Independent (N.Y.) 24 June 24/3 We have a co-operative concern..cunning in its calculations to ‘amass a surplus’ which shall ‘tempt the cupidity’ of its five officers, seven directors, fourteen advisories, and numerous criers.
1892 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 6 June 1/6 Harrison and his little advisories strove to foment discord.
1915 M. S. Lockwood Yesterdays in Washington I. xxxiv. 331 The meetings of these different advisories were held in the city of Washington.
1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones i. iv. 126 The official bodies included the Advisories of Defense, Intelligence, Science, Religion, and so forth, as well as the Native Matters Advisory.
2.
a. Originally U.S. A bulletin issued by a meteorological office, esp. advising of likely adverse weather conditions; (sometimes) spec. a hurricane warning.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > weather prediction > warning bulletin
gale-warning1918
advisory1926
1900 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 2 Feb. 5/3 The local displayman this afternoon received the following advisory warning: Storm central over Georgian Bay, moving east; will be attended by brisk to high southwest winds and snow flurries.]
1926 New Castle (Pa.) News 1 Mar. 1/2 The weather bureau..ordered display of storm advisories from Delaware breakwater to Eastport, Me.
1936 Monthly Weather Rev. (U.S.) 64 239/2 The first advice was disseminated at 9·30 a.m., E.S.T., of July 27 and advisories and bulletins followed.
1959 ‘F. Richards’ Practise to Deceive xi. 156 The radio said: ‘The latest advisory on the progress of the hurricane..indicates that Eva has altered course.’
1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Oct. a9/4 Weather advisories were issued for all parts of Manitoba.
2010 Daily Tel. 14 Jan. 3/1 The office issued only snow advisories..for Surrey and Berkshire on Tuesday.
b. gen. A document, statement, notice, etc., which gives or contains advice or (esp.) a warning.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > document or text giving advice
manuduction1614
paraenetic1645
advisory1955
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 247/1 This advisory, which had the force of a directive because of the willing, not to say anxious, compliance of newspaper editors and publishers, forbade mention of the heaviest element in the atomic table.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 12 June 3/1 A ‘carefully worded’ security ‘advisory’.
1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Dec. b1 ABC will preface the film with the by-now-customary parental advisory, this one warning of ‘explicit dialogue’.
2001 B. M. F. Galdikas et al. All Apes Great & Small I. p. xvi Both U.S. and British governments had issued travel advisories for their citizens visiting Indonesia.
3. U.S. Education = advisory period n. at Compounds.
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1986 in A. Shuman Storytelling Rights 9 From there I appeared somewhere else. That was my home room. Which they called advisory.
1997 L. Olson School-to-Work Revol. (1998) ii. 56 In advisory, each teacher is responsible for providing guidance to a small group of students who meet together several times a week.
2007 E. Corrigan Ordinary Ghosts (2008) vi. 49 I'm already late for advisory with no study hall today, so I won't have a break until lunch.
Compounds
advisory opinion n. Law (originally U.S.) a non-binding statement on a point of law given by a court before a case is tried or with regard to a hypothetical issue or situation; cf. sense A. 2.
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1829 Rep. Supreme Court New Jersey 5 175 An opportunity might be afforded in the mean time, to take the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court, upon several questions of law.
1909 Columbia Law Rev. 9 668 There is a growing dislike of constitutional provisions requiring the judges to give their advisory opinions.
2011 R. Rosenbaum How End Begins iv. 84 The World Court..issued an advisory opinion in 1996 that the entire system of nuclear deterrence was a war crime.
advisory period n. U.S. Education a school period set aside for the guidance or pastoral care of pupils.
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1916 San Antonio (Texas) Light 19 Nov. 24/2 The members of the various high school clubs and graduating classes were called together in the advisory period Wednesday morning by Principal Ryan to talk over club and class affairs.
1970 Hist. Educ. Q. 10 68 The advisory period was also designed to help the child choose a future career.
2003 B. Halpin Losing my Faculties (2004) 163 The advisory period itself is kind of a bust, although at least it gives these kids some time during this extended school day in which there are very few demands on them.
advisory teacher n. (a) originally and chiefly U.S. a teacher responsible for providing guidance or pastoral care to students, spec. one leading an advisory period (cf. homeroom teacher at homeroom n. 2); (b) British and Australian an experienced teacher (usually one seconded from a teaching post) who acts as an adviser or consultant to schools and other teachers.
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1897 109th Ann. Rep. Regents 1895 (Univ. State N.Y.) II. 1221 Secretary, librarian and advisory teacher for girls.
1974 R. Bolam Planned Educ. Change (Univ. Bristol) iii. 26 In England and Wales many local education authorities have appointed advisory teachers, on the teachers' salary scale which is quite separate from that for inspectors, to give direct support to teachers in their classroom.
1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 25 Jan. 46/3 Applications are invited from teachers with suitable Nursery or First School experience to work as an Advisory Teacher developing the curriculum in the early years.
2004 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 15 July b2 Students also will meet twice a week in advisories, akin to homerooms, and stay with their advisory teacher for all four years of school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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