counsel
noun
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
are counseling
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present progressiveof counsel.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Many wealth advisers said they haven’t lost faith in private credit and are counseling their clients to stay put.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Some economists and policy experts are counseling that the bank shouldn’t raise rates at all this week, however, lest it tip the economy into recession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
That’s why Mr. Powell and his colleagues are counseling patience, hoping to avoid overreacting to a price pop that will peter out.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
In formulating priorities similar to Mr. Gingrich’s 1994 “Contract with America,” Mr. Trump’s visitors are counseling him to look ahead instead of backward.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2021
Do I understand," said Chonita, in a perfectly unmoved voice, "that you are counseling me to marry an Estenega and the man who would send me to Hell hereafter?
From The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
