Definition of 'advice'
uncountable noun
If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do in a particular situation.
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Word origin
ME avis < OFr < ML advisum < advisus, pp. of advidere < L ad-, at + videre, to look
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advice in British English
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C13: avis (later advise), via Old French from a Vulgar Latin phrase based on Latin ad to, according to + vīsum view (hence: according to one's view, opinion)
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British English: advice
/ədˈvaɪs/ NOUN
If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do.
Take my advice and stay away from him!
- American English: advice /ædˈvaɪs/
- Arabic: نَصِيحَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: conselho
- Chinese: 建议
- Croatian: savjet
- Czech: rada
- Danish: råd vejledning
- Dutch: advies
- European Spanish: consejo
- Finnish: neuvo
- French: conseil idée
- German: Ratschlag
- Greek: συμβουλή
- Italian: consiglio
- Japanese: 助言
- Korean: 조언
- Norwegian: råd
- Polish: rada wskazówka
- European Portuguese: conselho
- Romanian: sfat
- Russian: совет наставление
- Spanish: consejo
- Swedish: råd förslag
- Thai: คำแนะนำ
- Turkish: öğüt
- Ukrainian: порада
- Vietnamese: lời khuyên
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