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ad·vice 
[ad-vahys] Pronunciation Key
[ad-vahys] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice. |
| 2. | a communication, esp. from a distance, containing information: Advice from abroad informs us that the government has fallen. Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous. |
| 3. | an official notification, esp. one pertaining to a business agreement: an overdue advice. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; late ME advise; r. ME avis (with ad- ad- for a- a-5) < OF a vis (taken from the phrase ce m'est a vis that is my impression, it seems to me) < L ad (see ad-) + vīsus (see visage)]
] —Synonyms 1. admonition, warning, caution; guidance; urging. Advice, counsel, recommendation, suggestion, persuasion, exhortation refer to opinions urged with more or less force as worthy bases for thought, opinion, conduct, or action. Advice is a practical recommendation as to action or conduct: advice about purchasing land. Counsel is weighty and serious advice, given after careful deliberation: counsel about one's career. Recommendation is weaker than advice and suggests an opinion that may or may not be acted upon: Do you think he'll follow my recommendation? Suggestion implies something more tentative than a recommendation: He did not expect his suggestion to be taken seriously. Persuasion suggests a stronger form of advice, urged at some length with appeals to reason, emotion, self-interest, or ideals: His persuasion changed their minds. Exhortation suggests an intensified persuasion or admonition, often in the form of a discourse or address: an impassioned exhortation. 2. intelligence, word. 3. notice, advisory.
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| ad·vice
(ād-vīs') Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English avis, advice, from Old French avis, from (ester) a vis, to seem : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + vis, seen (from Latin vīsum, what seems (good), from neuter past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots).] Synonyms: These nouns denote an opinion as to a decision or course of action: sound advice for the unemployed; accepted my attorney's counsel; will follow your recommendation. See Also Synonyms at news. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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advice
1297, auys, from O.Fr. avis "opinion," from O.Fr. ce m'est à vis "it seems to me," or from V.L. *mi est visum "in my view," ult. from L. ad- "to" + visum, neut. pp. of videre "to see" (see vision). The unhistoric -d- was introduced in Eng. 15c., on model of L. words in ad-. Substitution of -c- for -s- is 18c., to preserve the breath sound and to distinguish from advise.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ad·vice
Pronunciation: &d-'vIs
Function: noun
1 : recommendation regarding a decision or course of conductadvice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties —U.S. Constitution article II> <advice of counsel>
2 : an official notice concerning a business transaction
Main Entry: ad·vice
Pronunciation: &d-'vIs
Function: noun
1 : recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct
2 : an official notice concerning a business transaction
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Advice
Ad*vice"\, n. [OE. avis, F. avis; ? + OF. vis, fr. L. visum seemed, seen; really p. p. of videre to see, so that vis meant that which has seemed best. See Vision, and cf. Avise, Advise.]1. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. --Franklin. 2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her? --Shak. 3. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural. Note: 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. --McElrath. 4. (Crim. Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. --Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others. Syn: Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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