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advice

noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ədˈvaɪs/
  • US: /ədˈvaɪs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 D V AY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 D V AY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • She was offered various pieces of advice on what to do.
  • My kids never listen to advice.
  • On the advice of her doctor, Mary cut down on her carbohydrates.
  • I have some useful advice to give you.
  • Sushil never took the advice of his parents, but still became rich.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hint, pointer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Deliberate consideration; knowledge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Information or news given; intelligence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: commonly in plural

Examples

  • late advices from France

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • a letter of advice

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: law

Examples

  • An advice issued by a Monitoring Committee could be applicable in a Dutch court

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Counseling to perform a specific legal act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

Misspelling of advise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: proposal

Narrower terms: recommendation, indication, admonition, monition, warning, word of advice

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh1yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō 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).

Across languages

Translations

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: advies — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Albanian: këshillë — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Amharic: ምክር (məkr) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Arabic: نَصِيحَة (naṣīḥa) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Arabic: مَشُورَة (mašūra) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Aragonese: consello — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Armenian: խորհուրդ (xorhurd) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Azerbaijani: məsləhət — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Bashkir: кәңәш (kəñəş) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Basque: aholku — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Belarusian: пара́да (paráda) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Belarusian: саве́т (savjét) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Belarusian: ра́да (ráda) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Bengali: পরামর্শ (poramorśo) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Bulgarian: съве́т (sǎvét) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Bulgarian: препоръ́ка (preporǎ́ka) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Burmese: အကြံပေးချက် (a.krampe:hkyak) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Burmese: အကြံ (a.kram) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Burmese: ဩဝါဒ (au:wada.) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Burmese: ပြောစကား (prau:ca.ka:) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Catalan: consell — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勸告 /劝告 (quàngào) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Chinese Mandarin: 忠告 — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 (jiànyì) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Maore Comorian: fikira — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ngazidja Comorian: waswia — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Czech: rada — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Danish: råd — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Dutch: raad — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Dutch: advies — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Dzongkha: བསླབ་བྱ (bslab bya) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Esperanto: konsilo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Estonian: nõu — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Farefare: sɩka — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Finnish: neuvo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • French: conseil — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Old French: cunseill — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Galician: consello — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Georgian: რჩევა (rčeva) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • German: Rat — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • German: Ratschlag — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Greek: συμβουλή (symvoulí) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ancient Greek: συμβουλή (sumboulḗ) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hebrew: עֵצָה (eitsá) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hindi: सलाह (salāh) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hindi: परामर्श (parāmarś) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hindi: नसीहत (nasīhat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hindi: सुझाव (sujhāv) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hindi: मशवरा (maśavrā) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hindi: पंद (pand) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Hungarian: tanács — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Icelandic: ráð — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Icelandic: ábending — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ido: konsilo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Indonesian: advis — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Indonesian: nasihat — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ingrian: nevvo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Irish: airle — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Italian: consiglio — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Italian: parere — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Italian: suggerimento — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Japanese: 助言 (jogen) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Japanese: 注意 (chūi) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Japanese: 忠告 (chūkoku) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Japanese: アドバイス (adobaisu) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Kaitag: хьарбе́гъ (xarbéɣ) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Kazakh: кеңес (keñes) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Khmer: ដំបូន្មាន (dɑmboun miən) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Korean: 조언 (jo'eon) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Korean: 충고 (chunggo) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Korean: 권고 (gwon'go) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Northern Kurdish: şîret — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Northern Kurdish: nesîhet — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Northern Kurdish: tewsiye — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Northern Kurdish: pend — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Kyrgyz: кеңеш (keŋeş) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Lao: ຄໍາແນະນໍາ (kham næ nam) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Lao: ປະກອນ (pa kǭn) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Latgalian: padūms — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Latin: cōnsilium — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Latvian: padoms — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Latvian: padoms — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Lingala: lilako — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Lithuanian: patarimas — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Luxembourgish: Rot — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Macedonian: совет (sovet) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Macedonian: препорака (preporaka) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Malay: nasihat — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Maltese: parir — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Māori: whakamāherehere — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Māori: kupu āwhina — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Māori: kupu tohutohu — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Mongolian: зөвлөгөө (zövlögöö) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Moore: saglgo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Moore: saoglgo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Nepali: सल्लाह (sallāha) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Norwegian Bokmål: råd — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: råd — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Occitan: conselh — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Odia: ଉପଦେଶ (upadeśa) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Church Slavic: съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Old East Slavic: съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Old English: rǣd — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Old Norse: ráð — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ossetian: фӕнд (fænd) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Palauan: llach — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Pannonian Rusyn: рада (rada) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Pannonian Rusyn: порада (porada) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Pashto: مصلحت (maslehát) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Pashto: نصيحت (nasihát) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Pashto: پند (pand) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Iranian Persian: پَنْد (pand) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْدَرْز (andarz) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Iranian Persian: نَصیحَت (nasihat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Iranian Persian: تُوْصِیِه (towsiye) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Iranian Persian: مَصْلَحَت (maslahat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Iranian Persian: مَشْوَرَت (mašvarat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Polish: rada — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Polish: porada — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Polish: wskazówka — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Portuguese: conselho — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Punjabi: ਸਲਾਹ (salāh) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Punjabi: ਨਸੀਹਤ (nasīhat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Romanian: sfat — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Romanian: îndrumare — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Russian: сове́т (sovét) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Russian: рекоменда́ция (rekomendácija) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Russian: наставле́ние (nastavlénije) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Serbo-Croatian: са́вет — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Serbo-Croatian: са́вјет — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Serbo-Croatian: sávet — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Serbo-Croatian: sávjet — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Sidamo: seejjo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Sinhalese: අවවාදය (awawādaya) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Slovak: rada — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Slovene: nasvet — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Somali: talo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Spanish: consejo — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Spanish: asesoramiento — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Swahili: ushauri — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Swedish: råd — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tajik: маслиҳат (maslihat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tajik: насиҳат (nasihat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tajik: панд (pand) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tajik: машварат (mašvarat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tajik: тавсия (tavsiya) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tamil: அறிவுரை (aṟivurai) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tatar: киңәш (kiñäş) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Telugu: సలహా (salahā) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Thai: คําแนะนํา (kam-nɛ́-nam) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Thai: อาเทศ (aa-têet) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tibetan: བསླབ་བྱ (bslab bya) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Tongan: akonaki — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Turkish: tavsiye öneri öğüt — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ottoman Turkish: نصیحت (nasihat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Turkmen: maslahat — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ukrainian: ра́да (ráda) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Ukrainian: пора́да (poráda) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Urdu: ہِدایَت (hidāyat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Urdu: صَلاح (salāh) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Urdu: نَصِیحَت (nasīhat) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Urdu: مَشْوَرَہ (maśvara) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Urdu: پَنْد (pand) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Uyghur: مەسلىھەت (meslihet) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Uzbek: maslahat — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Uzbek: kengash — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Vietnamese: lời khuyên — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Volapük: konsäl — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Welsh: cyngor — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Wolaytta: zoriya — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Yiddish: עצה (eytse) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Yiddish: ייצע (eytse) — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Zazaki: şîret — opinion offered to guide behavior
  • Bulgarian: изве́стие (izvéstie) — information or news given
  • Bulgarian: съобще́ние (sǎobšténie) — information or news given
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消息 (xiāoxi) — information or news given
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情報 /情报 (qíngbào) — information or news given
  • Dutch: aankondiging — information or news given
  • Finnish: tieto — information or news given
  • Indonesian: advis — information or news given
  • Italian: avviso — information or news given
  • Italian: avvertimento — information or news given
  • Russian: сообще́ние (soobščénije) — information or news given
  • Russian: изве́стие (izvéstije) — information or news given
  • Russian: извеще́ние (izveščénije) — information or news given
  • Russian: уведомле́ние (uvedomlénije) — information or news given
  • Spanish: aviso — information or news given
  • Yiddish: אַוויז (aviz) — information or news given
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通知書 /通知书 (tōngzhīshū) — in financial transactions, an advisory document
  • Finnish: ohjekirje — in financial transactions, an advisory document
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通知 (tōngzhī) — in commercial language, information communicated by letter
  • Finnish: kirje — in commercial language, information communicated by letter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法律意見書 /法律意见书 (fǎlǜ yìjiànshū) — in law, a communication providing information
  • Finnish: tiedote — in law, a communication providing information
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