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counseling

counseling noun: assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties. Also the present participle and gerund of counsel.

Noun

counseling (countable and uncountable, plural counselings)

  1. Assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties.

Also used as

counseling is also the present participle and gerund of counsel.

counseling meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian and Persian

counseling in Tagalog

assistance
paghihinanaw, hinanaw

counseling in Malay

assistance
kaunseling, runding cara

counseling in Indonesian

assistance
konseling

counseling in Persian

assistance
مشاوره mošâvere

Examples of counseling in a sentence

  • They sought counseling for their marital problems.
  • They provide counseling as a public service.
  • She sat in with one of his group counseling session.

All 21 example sentences with counseling

Forms of counseling

pluralcounselings
alternative UKcounselling

Words formed from counseling

Questions about counseling

What does counseling mean?
Counseling means assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties.
What is counseling in Tagalog?
Counseling in Tagalog is paghihinanaw, hinanaw. See Counseling meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is counseling?
Counseling is a noun.
What is the plural of counseling?
The plural of counseling is counselings.

Words near counseling in the dictionary

  1. counseled
  2. counselee
  3. counselees
  4. counselest
  5. counseleth
  6. counseling
  7. counselings
  8. counsell
  9. counsellable
  10. counselled
  11. counsellee

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