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advice.

An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ədˈvaɪs/Received-Pronunciation/ədˈvaɪs/US
  1. An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

    uncountable
    She was offered various pieces of advice on what to do.
    My kids never listen to advice.
  2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge.

    obsolete · uncountable
  3. Information or news given; intelligence.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
    late advices from France
  4. In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.

    countable
    An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.
  5. In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange.

    uncountable
    a letter of advice
  6. A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions.

    countable
    An advice issued by a Monitoring Committee could be applicable in a Dutch court
  7. Counseling to perform a specific legal act.

    uncountable
  8. Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

    uncountable
  9. In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

    countable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *widtós Proto-Italic *wissos Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avisbor. Middle English avys English advice From Middle English avys, from Old French avis, rebracketed from the phrase ce m'est a vis (“I think”, “it seems to me”, literally “it is to my view”), where vis is from Latin vīsus (“vision, sight”). The unhistoric -d- was introduced during the 15th century due to influence from advise and ad-, see advance. Doublet of aviso. See vision, and compare avise, advise. Mostly displaced native Old English rǣd (see modern rede).

verb/ədˈvaɪs/Received-Pronunciation/ədˈvaɪs/US
  1. Misspelling of advise.

    alt-of · misspelling
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *widtós Proto-Italic *wissos Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avisbor. Middle English avys English advice From Middle English avys, from Old French avis, rebracketed from the phrase ce m'est a vis (“I think”, “it seems to me”, literally “it is to my view”), where vis is from Latin vīsus (“vision, sight”). The unhistoric -d- was introduced during the 15th century due to influence from advise and ad-, see advance. Doublet of aviso. See vision, and compare avise, advise. Mostly displaced native Old English rǣd (see modern rede).

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