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Definition of adviser noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

adviser

noun
 
/ədˈvaɪzə(r)/
 
/ədˈvaɪzər/
(also advisor)
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  1. a person who gives advice, especially somebody who knows a lot about a particular subject
    • a financial adviser
    • adviser (to somebody) (on something) a special adviser to the President on education
    Extra Examples
    • Students can sit down with a careers adviser and discuss what to do next.
    • The duke was the king's most trusted adviser.
    • You ought to consult an independent legal adviser.
    • an adviser on environmental issues
    • the government's chief economic adviser
    • top foreign policy advisers
    • He was Chief Scientific Adviser to the government.
    Topics Suggestions and adviceb1, Jobsb1, Moneyb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chief
    • principal
    • senior
    verb + adviser
    • act as
    • appoint
    • appoint somebody (as)
    preposition
    • adviser on
    • adviser to
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