How do you use the word "advisory" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "advisory" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "advisory": I received an advisory notice about my electricity cutting off this month. The committee can only act in an advisory capacity.

Advisory Meaning

/ədˈvaɪzəɹi/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjAble to give advice.

adjContaining advice; advising.

Sentence Examples

I received an advisory notice about my electricity cutting off this month.

The committee can only act in an advisory capacity.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

informative consultative

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The government issued a travel ____ due to the severe weather conditions.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The government issued a travel ____ for citizens visiting the coastal areas.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise English -ory English advisory From advise + -ory.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 2025 August 30, “US beaches warn about water quality due to unsafe levels of fecal contamination this Labor Day weekend”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:

"Every morning, every 20 students on discipline, will [be under] the advisory of one teacher for 20 minutes." — 1996 March 26, Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, “School Discipline and the Community: Local School Districts, the Judicial System, and Community Programs”, in Discipline in Michigan Public Schools and Government Enforcement of Equal Education Opportunity, page 31:

"After that, however, the village made steady progress in establishing a system of collective agriculture and communal organization under the advisory of the SERA." — 2017 December 4, Daniel Mann, “Appendix 3: Impressions from Liweta and Namatuhi”, in The smell of Ujamaa is still there[:] Tanzania's Path of Development between Grassroots Socialism and Central State Control in Ruvuma, Würzburg University Press, →ISBN, page 315:

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