"advice column" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: advice columns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} advice column (plural advice columns)
  1. A section of a newspaper or other periodical in which readers' questions are published with corresponding answers or advice. Synonyms: agony column Derived forms: advice columnist Translations (newspaper feature): ihmissuhdepalsta (Finnish), rubryka porad osobistych [feminine] (Polish), coluna de conselhos [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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