advisory

Able to give advice.

The advisory committee could only offer advice, but since that was almost always accepted they had real power.

Containing advice; advising.

The consultant's advisory recommendations were selectively adopted.

A warning.

The Coast Guard issued a small craft advisory, warning little boats to watch out for bad weather.

Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.

A warning.

Supervision by an advisor.

Every morning, every 20 students on discipline, will [be under] the advisory of one teacher for 20 minutes.

After that, however, the village made steady progress in establishing a system of collective agriculture and communal organization under the advisory of the SERA.