Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel.
- noun Information communicated; news.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An opinion recommended, or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel; suggestion.
- noun Deliberate consideration; reflection; cogitation.
- noun Information; notice; intelligence; a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: as, to receive advice of a coming storm, or advices from abroad.
- noun Specifically In com., a notification by one person to another in respect to a business transaction in which they are mutually engaged, as information given by one party to another, by letter, as to the bills or drafts drawn upon him; formal official notice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
- noun obsolete Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
- noun Information or notice given; intelligence; ; -- commonly in the plural.
- noun (Crim. Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
- noun a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat.
- noun To consult with another or others.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
opinion recommended oroffered , asworthy to befollowed ;counsel . - noun obsolete Deliberate
consideration ;knowledge . - noun Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; commonly in the plural. In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice.
- noun law Counseling to perform a specific
illegal act. - noun computing, programming In
aspect-oriented programming, the code whoseexecution is triggered when ajoin point is reached.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a proposal for an appropriate course of action
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Your posts will be excellent if they contain advice from the trenches.
How to Generate Great Content Week After Week | Write to Done 2009
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Their main advice is to treat boys like any friend and not as a different species — or one option is to ignore them until you (and them) are 19.
Boys Get Dangerous, Girls Daring to Reclaim Childhood | Impact Lab 2007
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My main advice is to think about the types of things you like to cook.
Kitchen stuff & serving as a couple « Peace Corps: China 2004
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If the advice is always bad then why wouldn't malpractice lawsuits take care of the problem?
Online Trade Barriers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But the advice is as good as ever (and developed at length it in later chapters, which deal with topics such as how to understand what a book is “about”).
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In advisory accounts, the advice is the primary service being offered.
A Helping Hand for Your Portfolio Jaime Levy Pessin 2010
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Much of this advice is available in Weil's previous works as well as on his Web site. '
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Every time I hear the party faithful lamenting third parties my advice is the same.
Eugene Robinson gets the name of the site right. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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If you are collecting Dahlonega quarter eagles by date or if you are a type collector looking for a single very high grade piece, my advice is to be aggressive on the very rare occasions that a coin like this 1841-D become available.
Analysis of a Mint State 1841-D Quarter Eagle by Doug Winter : Coin Collecting News 2008
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The real target for their advice is the Congress, which in the end has the final power to adjust the amount of money being spent by the nation on Earth Science.
jeen0809 commented on the word advice
My teacher helps me by giving advise when I have some problems.
March 22, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word advice
Plural of advouse.
June 26, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word advice
I'd never seen 'advice' used as a count noun before, but came across it twice yesterday. It's so used in legal circles, e.g.
undertaking legal research, drafting advices, pleadings and skeleton arguments
Barristers' advices, opinions and professional correspondence are generally confidential and may attract legal professional privilege
August 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word advice
Like this.
August 1, 2009
ç�lä±é¯s commented on the word advice
or this
August 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word advice
I can't believe that! If it's not fake, I'd like to know what happened to Miriam afterwards. :)
August 1, 2009
bilby commented on the word advice
It's fake. It was to illustrate a point about men being bad listeners. Hurr, hurr.
August 1, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word advice
"n. Information; notice; intelligence; a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: as, to receive advice of a coming storm, or advices from abroad." --CD&C
No wonder they put advice columns in newspapers.
April 18, 2012