ADVISORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does advisory mean? 

• ADVISORY (noun)
  The noun ADVISORY has 1 sense:

1. an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat

  Familiarity information: ADVISORY used as a noun is very rare.

• ADVISORY (adjective)
  The adjective ADVISORY has 1 sense:

1. giving advice

  Familiarity information: ADVISORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADVISORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

a frost advisory

Hypernyms ("advisory" is a kind of...):

announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)

Derivation:

advise (give advice to)

advisory (giving advice)

• ADVISORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giving advice

Synonyms:

advisory; consultative; consultatory; consultive

Context example:

his function was purely consultative

Similar:

informative; informatory (providing or conveying information)

Derivation:

advise (give advice to)

advisory (an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat)

 Context examples 

The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Director, NCI, for the oversight and integration of various planning and advisory groups serving the broad programmatic and institutional objectives of the Institute.

(Advisory Committee to the Director, NCI, NCI Thesaurus)

The advisory role of the Board is scientific and does not include deliberation on matters of public policy.

(Board of Scientific Advisors NCI, NCI Thesaurus)

Includes 2253 submissions, requests for advisory on launch materials, requests for advisory on non-launch materials, pre-submission of promotional materials for accelerated approval products, and materials submitted pursuant to 503B.

(Original Regulatory Submission, Food and Drug Administration)

The DCLG will also help NCI to widen the pool of qualified consumer-advocates who can be called upon to serve on NCI advisory committees and other groups.

(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)

The Cancer Center Organizational Capabilities section of the Cancer Center Support Grant Application Form PHS 398 is a part of application describing a cancer center's programmatic structure, administrative organization, advisory groups and decision-making committees and processes.

(Cancer Center Organizational Capabilities Section of Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)

The Committee may consider the reports of the various review groups as informational, advisory, or as recommendations, and shall provide the NCI with assistance in identifying opportunities to be pursued within the areas of cancer research that cut across the intramural and extramural programs.

(Advisory Committee to the Director, NCI, NCI Thesaurus)

The Director's Consumer Liaison Group (DCLG) is a group of fifteen members of the cancer advocacy community who were convened to help NCI increase the representation of the cancer advocacy community on NCI advisory committees, and increase their involvement in program and policy development.

(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)