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Advice

//ədˈvaɪs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a proposal for an appropriate course of action wordnet
  3. 3
    Deliberate consideration; knowledge. obsolete, uncountable

    "How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her?"

  4. 4
    Information or news given; intelligence archaic, countable, uncountable

    "late advices from France"

  5. 5
    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."

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  1. 6
    In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange uncountable

    "a letter of advice"

  2. 7
    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"

  3. 8
    Counseling to perform a specific legal act. uncountable

    "An honest oath taken under advice of counsel, therefore, is not perjury"

  4. 9
    Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. uncountable
  5. 10
    In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    Misspelling of advise. alt-of, misspelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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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