advise

advise
advice, advise
1. Advice is a noun (‘an opinion given about future action’) and advise a verb (‘to give advice to’), in both BrE and AmE:

• The hardest thing is knowing where to go to get help, to get the advice and information you need —The Face, 1990

• It may make sense to take professional advice on the wording of an appropriate letter —M. Edwards, 1991

• We're advising all our clients to sit tight, at the moment, and neither to buy nor to sell —A. Davidson, 1989

• I would advise anyone thinking of a relationship with her now to stay well clear —Daily Record, 2007.

2. Both words are used in a special sense in commercial and related uses: advice here is countable and is used to mean ‘piece of information’ (usually in the plural) or ‘a document giving information’

• (Now we're looking to encourage our customers to send remittance advices electronically —Accountancy, 1993)

and advise means ‘to notify, to give information to’, typically followed by of or a that-clause

• (The student will be advised of the name and address of the tutor —Tutors' Handbook 1991

• She has advised us that a letter is in the process of being submitted —Northern Echo, 2007).


Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • advise — ad·vise /əd vīz/ vb ad·vised, ad·vis·ing vt 1: to give advice to: counsel advise them to draw up a will 2: to give information or notice to advise them of their rights …   Law dictionary

  • ADVISE — (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement) is a research and development program within the United States Department of Homeland Security Threat and Vulnerability Testing and Assessment (TVTA) portfolio. It is… …   Wikipedia

  • Advise — Ad*vise , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advising}.] [OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F. aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L. videre, visum, to see. See {Advice}, and cf. {Avise}.] 1. To give advice… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Advise — Ad*vise , v. t. 1. To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To take counsel; to consult; followed by with; as, to advise with friends. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ADVISE — (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement) ist ein Programm des Ministeriums für Innere Sicherheit der Vereinigten Staaten und ein Nachfolger des Programms Total Information Awareness (später Terrorist Information …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • advise — [v1] offer recommendation admonish, advocate, caution, charge, commend, counsel, direct, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a pointer*, give a tip*, guide, instruct, kibitz*, level with*, move, opine, point out, preach, prepare,… …   New thesaurus

  • advise — [ad vīz′, ədvīz′] vt. advised, advising [ME avisen, orig., to consider < OFr aviser < ML advisare < advisum: see ADVICE] 1. to give advice or an opinion to; counsel 2. to offer as advice; recommend 3. to notify; inform [he was advised of …   English World dictionary

  • advise — (v.) late 13c., avisen to view, consider, from O.Fr. aviser deliberate, reflect, consider (13c.), from avis opinion (see ADVICE (Cf. advice)). Meaning to give counsel to is late 14c. Related: Advised; advising …   Etymology dictionary

  • advise — ► VERB 1) recommend (a course of action). 2) inform about a fact or situation. 3) offer advice to. DERIVATIVES adviser (also advisor) noun. ORIGIN Old French aviser, from Latin ad to + videre to see …   English terms dictionary

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