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сове́товать — meaning in English

sovetovat

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English meaning

  • advise verb To give someone guidance or a recommendation about what to do.
  • consult verb To seek advice or information from someone or something.
  • counsel noun Advice or guidance, especially on an important or serious matter.
  • recommend verb To suggest that someone or something is good or suitable, often based on personal experience.
  • suggest verb To put forward an idea or possibility for consideration.

Senses

сове́товать is used for these senses in English:

  • advise (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
  • consult (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
  • counsel (transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
  • recommend (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably
  • suggest (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
  • suggest (obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

advise — full definition

  1. verb To give someone guidance or a recommendation about what to do.
  2. verb To formally inform or notify someone of something.

consult — full definition

  1. verb To seek advice or information from someone or something.
  2. verb To work as an independent adviser or expert rather than a regular employee.

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