"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 newspaper feature in which questions (typically from anonymous readers who seek advice) are answered by an advice columnist (or agony aunt). Wikipedia link: advice column Synonyms: agony column Derived forms: advice columnist Translations (newspaper feature): 答問專欄 (Chinese Mandarin), ihmissuhdepalsta (Finnish), coluna de conselhos [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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