advisory
[ad-
vahy
-z
uh
-ree]
/ædˈvaɪ zə ri/
adjective
1.
of, giving, or containing
advice
:
an advisory letter from a stockbroker.
2.
having the power or duty to
advise
:
an advisory council.
noun
,
plural
advisories.
3.
a report on existing or predicted conditions, often with
advice
for dealing with them:
an investment advisory.
4.
an announcement or bulletin that serves to
advise
and usually warn the public, as of some potential hazard:
a health advisory; a travelers' advisory.
5.
an announcement from the U.S. National Weather Service to keep the public informed about the progress of a potentially dangerous weather condition:
hurricane advisory; tornado advisory.
Compare
warning
(def 3),
watch
(def 20).
Origin
1770-80;
advise
+
-ory
1
Related forms
advisorily,
adverb
preadvisory,
adjective
Examples from the web for
advisory
But they want the sultan's
advisory
council to have more power.
The entries were then reviewed by a technical
advisory
board of medical and environmental experts.
The commission is ultimately only
advisory
in nature.
Workshops or citizen
advisory
committees and juries can be held to vet the issues involved.
We asked the visionary scientists on our
advisory
board what new trends will shape the decades to come.
Chosen by a ten-member scientific
advisory
board, the awards run the gamut from basic science to diagnosis and treatment.
The program has an
advisory
council of transfer students.
Even better, set up an
advisory
council stuffed with influential foreigners.
Wright had been tweeting without parental
advisory
for many months.
Merger-
advisory
business has picked up but not by enough to compensate.
British Dictionary definitions for
advisory
advisory
/
ədˈvaɪzərɪ
/
adjective
1.
giving advice; empowered to make recommendations:
an advisory body
noun
(
pl
)
-ries
2.
a statement issued to give advice, recommendations, or a warning:
a travel advisory
3.
a person or organization with an advisory function:
the Prime Minister's media advisory
Word Origin and History for
advisory
adj.
1778; see
advise
+
-ory
. The noun meaning "weather warning" is from 1931.