Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Careful consideration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Counsel; advice.
- noun Deliberation; circumspection; consultation: now used chiefly in the phrase under advisement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic Counsel; advice; information.
- noun Consideration; deliberation; consultation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Consideration ordeliberation . - noun archaic
Advice ,counsel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun careful consideration
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Examples
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They have already ordered no cameras in the courtroom during advisement, which is pretty unusual for Colorado.
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The reporters there are doing everything in their power to squeeze it out of him about what happens next, all he would tell us was that the matter is under advisement, that is the turning back of the Florida Supreme Court ruling by the U.S.
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Every day, before school officially starts, there's an "advisement" period.
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Counseling, disabilities services, chaplaincies, and academic and career advisement must be prepared to work together to identify and make needed referrals for support and therapy.
Victor Schwartz: Caring for Vets in College Victor Schwartz 2010
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Probably the sign most prominent on Mexican roads is the advisement of a dangerous curve ahead.
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«ACORN seems to be having a hooker advisement problem.
It’s pretty much just “Reaganesque” at this point. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Judge Porteous also engaged in corrupt conduct after the Lifemark v. Liljeberg bench trial, and while he had the case under advisement, in that he solicited and accepted things of value from both Amato and his law partner Creely, including a payment of thousands of dollars in cash.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Judge Thomas Porteous Impeached by U.S. House of Representatives,” 2010
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I would better understand and appreciate my greatness as a black woman, with the advisement of dedicated professors and genuine mentors.
Jordan Harris: Welcome to Spelman (And to Sisterhood) Jordan Harris 2011
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But it's an information/advisement role, as you said.
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But it's an information/advisement role, as you said.
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