Advisory

Definition: Advisory

Advisory

Adjective

1. Giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "advisory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)

Environment

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Advisory

Crosswords: Advisory

Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory capacity. (references; author: unknown)

Warning: Parental Advisory (2002)

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References

• Medical Advisory Systems, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Commissioner's Little Handbook: A Portable Guide for Local Government Advisory Board Members (reference)

• I Make My Own Rules: Parental Advisory Edition (reference)

• Marketing a Country: Promotion As a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment (Occasional Paper (Foreign Investment Advisory Service), 13.) (reference)

• Rap: Resources for an Advisory Program (reference)

• The Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Cyborgs, Aliens, and Sorcerers (Ala Readers Advisory Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Distributed Computing Architecture Advisory Service (reference)

• Bay Area Air Quality Management - Advisory Council Agenda (reference)

• Advisory Council Air Quality Planning Committee Agenda And Minutes (reference)

• Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Advisory Committee Packet (reference)

• Salton Sea Authority Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Agendas (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Advisory Committee (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Members of the first National Advisory Cancer Council at the groundbreaking ceremonies at the NCI's building 6 in June, 1938. (Left to right) Francis Wood, C.C Little, James Ewing, Arthur Compton, James Conant, Thomas Parran, and Ludwig Hektoen. This new building, erected on land donated by Mrs. Luke J. Wilson was the fourth to be constructed in the complex that is now the National Institutes of Health. The structure was unique in that year of 1939, with its physical equipment and facilities designed solely for scientific research in a specialized field of science. Building 6 was to house the National Cancer Institute, the first of the nine specialized institutes that would comprise NIH. See also ar003810. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The image shows the members of the National Advisory Cancer council in June, 1971. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Credit: NASA.

Group of Resource Advisory Council members and BLM managers looking at view from one of the highest points at the Kasha Katuwe National Monument, near Cochiti Lake, NM. Credit: Janice Gamby.

AFML advisory group. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

National Cancer Advisory Council 1947. / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by H.J. Cole..

[U.S. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense] : [Civilian Health and Advisory Council...]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

General William Westmoreland, Commander Military Advisory Group, Vietnam, walks up the ship's flight deck with her Commanding Officer, Captain Paul J. Knapp, in late 1964, on the occasion of her delivery of flood relief supplies to northern South Vietnam. Credit: NAVY.

Continuous wave Doppler velocity radar unit, which provides a running record of the speed of rocket-powered models fired at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' pilotless aircraft research station on Wallops Island, Va., and two operators. Credit: Library of Congress.

Significant figures of our time. 6. On a research trip as advisory editor of the North Borneo volume of an international patchwork on cookery he loses contact with the outside world, & is never heard of again. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The Court may also give an advisory opinion upon any dispute or question referred to it by the Council or by the Assembly. (reference)

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Health

In 1985, an FDA advisory panel proposed eliminating the requirement for serologic testing for syphilis. (references)

Recommendations for the Use of Lyme Disease Vaccine - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. (references)

Inactivated Japanese Encephalitis Virus Vaccine Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP]. (references)

Business

It provides advisory and risk analysis to its members. (references)

In 1991, the government created the Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. (references)

The IFC in September 1995 signed an advisory agreement with FIV to assist in the privatization effort. (references)

Children

Argentina

The National Advisory Commission on the Integration of People with Disabilities--a governmental office--and numerous NGO's actively defend the rights of persons with disabilities and help them to find employment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Singapore

Both SBA and MITA develop censorship standards with the help of a citizen advisory panel. (references)

Philippines

On May 2, the CHR issued an advisory upholding the President's authority to determine the existence of a state of rebellion. (references)

Economic History

Barbados

Advisory services are available for employees who are not unionized. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

Cubans served in a non-combat advisory role in Mozambique and the Congo. (references)

Burundi

A State Department Travel Advisory was listed for Burundi in August 1999. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

They are not entitled to be represented by a lawyer before an advisory board. (references)

Maldives

High Court rulings can be reviewed by a five-member advisory council appointed by the President. (references)

Philippines

Its advisory opinion cited inhuman conditions in jails and prisons in many parts of the country. (references)

Indigenous People

Sweden

The country counts at least 17,000 Sami (formerly known as Lapps) in its population (Sami organizations place that number somewhat higher at 25,000 to 30,000). In 1993 the Government allowed the formation of a Sametinget (Sami Parliament) as an advisory body to the Government. (references)

Minorities

Ukraine

In response President Kuchma created a Presidential Tatar advisory committee that included all members of the Mejlis. (references)

Political Economy

Western Sahara

In 1975 the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on the status of the Western Sahara. (references)

Political Rights

Bhutan

In July the National Assembly elected six Royal Advisory Councilors. (references)

Hong Kong

The Equal Opportunities Commission, itself headed by a woman, noted that women were a minority in Government advisory bodies. (references)

Czech Republic

Few Roma serve in local government structures, although some have been appointed to advisory positions in government ministries. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

The executive advisory committee must approve any new additives. (references)

Norway

It is the executive and advisory entity for monetary, credit and exchange policy. (references)

Czech Rep

Some Czech commercial banks offer brokerage, investment advisory and underwriting services. (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

No Department of State travel advisory is in effect for Nicaragua. (references)

West Bank

The most recent copy of the travel advisory from the U.S. Department of State is available at www.travel.state.gov. (references)

Panama

The Travel Advisory Service of the Department of State provides foreign travel information and, when appropriate, warnings. (references)

Women

Guatemala

It formed a coordinating committee and other advisory boards and representative assemblies from each of 24 linguistic groups. (references)

Poland

According to a Supreme Court advisory opinion, such a relationship can occur between employers and employees, between supervisors and subordinates, or between teachers and students. (references)

Qatar

A draft Family Status Law covering marriage, inheritance, divorce, and child custody is under review by the Ministry of Justice, after which it will be submitted to the Advisory Council and the Cabinet. (references)

Worker Rights

Swaziland

The IRA empowers the Government to mediate employment disputes and grievances through the Labor Advisory Board. (references)

Congo

In the public sector, the Government sets wages by decree; public sector unions act only in an informal advisory capacity. (references)

Zimbabwe

Budgetary constraints and staffing shortages, as well as its status as an advisory council, have made the council ineffective. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "advisory": advisory airspace ♦ advisory area ♦ advisory board ♦ advisory body ♦ advisory capacity ♦ advisory committee ♦ Advisory Committee on Research into Minorities ♦ advisory control ♦ advisory council ♦ advisory forecast ♦ advisory opinion ♦ advisory route ♦ air traffic advisory service ♦ bank advisory committee ♦ Census Advisory Committee ♦ External Advisory Group ♦ highway advisory radio ♦ Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ♦ Natural History Museums Advisory Committee ♦ radar advisory ♦ submarine movement advisory authority ♦ weather advisory ♦ work zone delay advisory system. Additional references.

Beginning with "advisory": advisory-staff.

Ending with "advisory": policy-advisory.

Albanian

konsultativ (consultative), këshillimor. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تقرير (account, confirmation, decision, determination, record, report, statement), ‏إستشاري (consultative). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвещателен (consultative, deliberative), съветнически, консултативен (consultative, consulting). (various references)

Chinese 

情况通知, �'�詢 (consultative). (various references)

Czech

poradní (consultative, consulting, deliberative), poradenský. (various references)

Danish

Antidumpingudvalget (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), advarsel vedrørende meteorologiske risikoforhold (weather advisory), Det raadgivende Udvalg for sociale problemer for Landbrugere og deres Familie (Advisory Committee on Social Questions affecting Farmers and the Members of their Families), Det raadgivende Udvalg for Programforvaltning - Fusion og Plasmafysik (Advisory Committee on Programme Management for Fusion and Plasma Physics), Det raadgivende Udvalg for kontrol med og formindskelse af forurening af havet med carbonhydrider og andre farlige Stoffer (Advisory Committee on the Control and Reduction of Pollution caused by Oil and other Harmful Substances discharged at Sea), Det raadgivende Udvalg for Jordemoderuddannelse (Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives), Det raadgivende Udvalg for Innovation og Teknologioverfoersel (Advisory Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer), Det raadgivende Udvalg for Banklovgivning (bank advisory committee), Det Rådgivende Udvalg for Udnævnelser (advisory committee on appointments), EMC (Advisory Committee on the European programme for research and development in information technologies(ESPRIT), Electromagnetic Compatibility, ESPRIT Management Committee), Det rådgivende Udvalg for den fælles ordning for indførsel fra Folkerepublikken Kina (Advisory Committee on Common Rules for Imports from the People's Republic of China), Det rådgivende Udvalg for demonstrationsprojektet med henblik på oprettelse af et informationssystem på fællesskabsplan for ulykker,der sker i forbindelse med Forbrugsprodukter (Advisory Committee on the Demonstration Project with a view to Introducing a Community System of Information on Accidents involving Consumer Products), Det Rådgivende Udvalg for Økonomisk og Social Integration af de Økonomisk og Socialt Dårligt Stillede Befolkningsgrupper (Advisory Committee on Economic and Social Integration of the Economically and Socially Less Privileged Groups in Society), Det paritetiske radgivende Udvalg for sociale problemer inden for Vandvejstrafikken (Joint Advisory Committee on Social Problems in Inland Navigation), Det paritetiske raadgivende Udvalg for sociale problemer inden for Vejtransport (Joint Advisory Committee on Social Problems in Road Transport), CIT (Advisory Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer, characterological intelligence test), bankforhandlingskomite (bank advisory committee), Det Rådgivende Udvalg for Særprogrammet for Forskning og Teknologisk Udvikling inden for Ikke-nuklear Energi (Advisory Committee on the Specific Research and Technological Development Programme in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy), raadgivende raad (advisory council), Udvalget for Udviklingen og Omstillingen i Regionerne (Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions), trafikaflastning (advisory diversion (usually broadcast)), tidskrævende rådgivning af patienter (time-consuming advisory service), styringskomité (advisory committee, steering committee), statsansat konsulent (advisory agent, advisory officer, consulting officer, extension officer), senior raadgivende gruppe (Senior Advisory Group), RU (coarse, rough), RK (advisory committee), radarrådgivning (radar advisory), Det raadgivende Udvalg for Undersoegelser (Advisory Committee on Commissioned Studies), raadgivningsomraade (advisory area), Det raadgivende Udvalg til beskyttelse mod dumpet eller subsidieret Import (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), rådgivningsfirma (advisory firm), rådgivende udvalg for kontrol med virksomhedssammenslutninger (Advisory Committee on concentrations), rådgivende udvalg (advisory committee, consultative committee), rådgivende organ (advisory body), rådgivende komité (advisory committee, consultative committee), Protokol nr.2 til Europaraadets konvention til beskyttelse af menneskerettigheder og grundlaeggende frihedsrettigheder (conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give advisory opinions, Protocol No 2 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms), konsulentberetning (advisory report), jernbaneraad (railway advisory board, railway advisory commission), Forvaltningsudvalget for ESPRIT (Advisory Committee on the European programme for research and development in information technologies(ESPRIT), ESPRIT Management Committee), ved hvilken Menneskerettighedsdomstolen tillaegges kompetence til at fremkomme med raadgivende udtalelser (conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give advisory opinions, Protocol No 2 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms), raadgivningsrute (advisory route). (various references)

Dutch

adviserend lichaam (advisory body), ABCZ (Advisory Committee on Objections to Decisions in Consular Matters), Anti-dumpingcomite (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), Adviesraad voor Culturele Samenwerking tussen de landen van het Koninkrijk (Advisory Council for Cultural Co-operation between the three parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), Adviesraad van de Spoorwegen (railway advisory board, railway advisory commission), adviesraad (advisory council), adviesorgaan (advisory body), advieskantoor (advisory branch, advisory office), Adviescommissie topfuncties (Advisory Commission on High-Level Placement), advies (advice, announcement, counsel, notice, notification), Adviescommissie Onderzoek Minderheden (Advisory Committee on Research into Minorities), ACOM,Nederland,Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken,tijdelijk extern adviesorgaan (Advisory Committee on Research into Minorities), advies uitbrengen aan Minister (to submit an advisory report to the Minister), Advies versterking preventie eerstelijnsgezondheidszorg (Advisory report on improving prevention in primary health care), adviesbureau (advisory firm, consultancy company, consultant company, consultant firm, consultants), Adviescommissie ad hoc inzake de herziening van het Handvest van de V.N. (ad hoc Advisory Commission on the Revision of the Charter of the United Nations), Adviescommissie bezwaarschriften consulaire zaken (Advisory Committee on Objections to Decisions in Consular Matters), Adviescommissie Geestelijk Gestoorde Gevangenen (Advisory Committee on Mentally Disturbed Prisoners), Comité voor de ontwikkeling en de omschakeling van de regio's (Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions), gebied waar een adviserende dienst ingesteld is (advisory area), JAC (legal advisory board), ISSAS (Institute of Social Studies Advisory Service, ISSAS), Institute of Social Studies Advisory Service (Institute of Social Studies Advisory Service, ISSAS), hoofdadviesgroep (Senior Advisory Group), gebied waarin vluchtadvies beschikbaar is (advisory area), Juridisch Adviescomité (legal advisory board), EMC (Advisory Committee on the European programme for research and development in information technologies(ESPRIT), electro magnetic compatibility, Electromagnetic Compatibility, ESPRIT Management Committee), Commissie van Advies voor de Vorming en Vakopleiding van het Burgerlijk Rijkspersoneel (Public Service Staff Education and Training Advisory Committee), Commissie van advies voor de Natuurhistorische Musea (Natural History Museums Advisory Committee), Centraal Beraad Dramatische Vorming (Central Dramatic Training Advisory Board), Comite van beheer ESPRIT (Advisory Committee on the European programme for research and development in information technologies(ESPRIT), ESPRIT Management Committee), CIT (Advisory Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer), Centrale Raad van Advies voor het Gevangeniswezen,de Psychopathenzorg en de Reclassering (Central Advisory Council for Prisons, the Care of Criminal Psychopaths and Rehabilitation), Nationale Raad voor de Volksgezondheid (National Advisory Council for Public Health), Commissie Rijksdienst (Central Government Sector Advisory Committee), Raadgevend Comite voor het bankwezen (bank advisory committee), landbouwvoorlichtingsambtenaar (advisory agent, advisory officer, consulting officer, extension officer), Raadgevend Comité voor landbouw en milieu (Advisory Committee on Agriculture and the Environment), Raadgevend Comité voor studies (Advisory Committee on Commissioned Studies), Raadgevend Comite voor beschermende maatregelen tegen invoer met dumping of subsidiering (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), Raadgevend Comite voor de controle op en de beperking van de verontreiniging van de zee door lozingen van koolwaterstoffen en andere gevaarlijke stoffen (Advisory Committee on the Control and Reduction of Pollution caused by Oil and other Harmful Substances discharged at Sea), Raadgevend Comite voor de gemeenschappelijke regeling voor de invoer uit de Volksrepubliek China (Advisory Committee on Common Rules for Imports from the People's Republic of China), Raadgevend Comite voor de sociale problemen van de landbouwers en de leden van hun gezin (Advisory Committee on Social Questions affecting Farmers and the Members of their Families), Raadgevend Comite voor innovatie en overdracht van technologie (Advisory Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer), route met adviserende dienst (advisory route), Spoorwegraad (railway advisory board, railway advisory commission), Stichting Centraal Dansberaad (Central Dance Advisory Board), Tweede Protocol bij het Verdrag tot bescherming van de mens en de fundamentele vrijheden (conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give advisory opinions, Protocol No 2 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms), waarbij aan het Europese Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens de bevoegdheid wordt verleend advies ui t te brengen over de betekenis van de bepalingen van het Verdrag (conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give advisory opinions, Protocol No 2 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms), Raadgevend Comite voor de opleiding van verloskundigen (Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives), Raadgevend Comité inzake concentraties (Advisory Committee on concentrations). (various references)

Farsi 

مشورتی . (various references)

Finnish

neuvoa antava. (various references)

French

consultatif. (various references)

German

beratend (consultant, consultative, consulting, deliberative, deliberatively). (various references)

Greek 

συμβουλευτικόσ (consultative, deliberative, monitorial, monitory, preachy), συμβουλευτικός. (various references)

Hebrew 

מיעץ (adviser, consultant, counsellor). (various references)

Hungarian

tanácsadó (adviser, advisor, advisory board, aide, consultant, consultative, consulting, counselor, mentor). (various references)

Indonesian

laporan (breakdown, brief, minutes, report). (various references)

Italian

consultivo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

軍事顧問団 (military assistance advisory group), 諮問機関 (advisory organ, consultative body), 諮問�"�"�会 (advisory committee), 顧問団 (advisory body). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぐ�"じ�"も�"� �" (military assistance advisory group), しも�"きか�" (advisory organ, consultative body), しも�"いい�"かい (advisory committee), �"も�"� �" (advisory body). (various references)

Korean 

자문 (Consultative, Consultive). (various references)

Manx

coyrlee (advising, consultant, counselling). (various references)

Pig Latin

advisoryay.(various references)

Portuguese

consultivo (consultative). (various references)

Romanian

consultativ (consultative, deliberative). (various references)

Russian 

совещательный (consultative, deliberative), консультативный (consultative). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

savetodavni (consulting, deliberative). (various references)

Spanish

asesor (adviser, assessor, consultant, counselor, moderator, prudential, puisne), consultivo. (various references)

Swedish

rådgivande (consultative, deliberative). (various references)

Turkish

akıl veren, tavsiye niteliğinde, danışma (advice, consultation, consultative, counsel, deliberation, information, information desk, inquiry). (various references)

Ukrainian

консультативний (consultative), дорадчий (consultative). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cố vấn (adviser, advisor, consultant, consulting), để xin ý kiến; cho ý kiến, để hỏi. (various references)

Misspellings

"Advisory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adveisary, advesary, advicor, advisari, advisary, advisour. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: advisor.

-2 letters: aroids, avoids, radios, savior, savory, visard, yairds.

-3 letters: adios, aroid, arvos, aviso, avoid, dairy, daisy, diary, divas, dorsa, drays, ivory, ovary, radio, raids, roads, sarod, savor, savoy, sayid, vairs, visor, voids, yaird, yards, yirds.

-4 letters: ados, aids, airs, airy, arid, arvo, avid, avos, dais, davy, days, diva, dors, dory, dray, drys, oars.

+4 letters: diversionary.