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counselling

counselling is the alternative spelling of counseling.

counselling is the present participle and gerund of counsel.

Meaning of counseling

Noun

counseling (countable and uncountable, plural counselings)

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

Meaning of counsel

Verb

counsel (third-person singular simple present counsels, present participle (US) counseling or (UK) counselling, simple past and past participle (US) counseled or (UK) counselled)

  1. (transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
    • The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
  2. (transitive) To recommend (a course of action).
    • I would counsel prudence in this matter.

See all 7 meanings of counsel

Forms of counselling

pluralcounsellings

Words formed from counselling

Questions about counselling

What is counselling the alternative spelling of?
Counselling is the alternative spelling of counseling.

Words near counselling in the dictionary

  1. counsellees
  2. counseller
  3. counsellers
  4. counsellest
  5. counselleth
  6. counselling
  7. counsellings
  8. counsellor
  9. counsellors
  10. counsellorship
  11. counsellorships

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: counselling (page history and authors); counseling (page history and authors); counsel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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