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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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
“Experienced Korea watchers are counseling ‘we don’t know, we have to wait for confirmation, so have another drink,’” said the former CIA analyst Bruce Klingner about Kim’s disappearance.
From Slate ● May 6, 2020
“Knowing each of them personally, I am certain they are counseling operational caution, measured public commentary and building a coalition approach to dealing with Kim Jong-un,” Mr. Stavridis, a retired admiral, said in an email.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2017
Many BP shareholders are incensed by the increase, and investor-advisory firms including Institutional Shareholder Services are counseling them not to ratify Mr. Dudley’s pay package at the company’s annual meeting Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2016
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
