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Advice   /ædvˈaɪs/  /ədvˈaɪs/   Listen
noun
Advice  n.  
1.
An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. "We may give advice, but we can not give conduct."
2.
Deliberate consideration; knowledge. (Obs.) "How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her?"
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.
4.
(Crim. Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
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.
Synonyms: Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice.





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"Advice" Quotes from Famous Books



... says—Mr. Marston says—I have presumed to give you advice, and to meddle, and to interfere; that I am endeavoring to make you despise his authority. Madame, speak for me. Say, madame, have I ever done so?—say, madame, am I the cause of bitterness and contumacy? Ah, mon Dieu! ...
— The Evil Guest • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... a question to ask you. There are two ways of reaching Flambeau and I want your advice as to which to take. One way we can go around back of the firing line and be practically safe ...
— Fighting in France • Ross Kay
... jeered and mocked, offered sneering advice or sarcastic compliment; and, under it all, was keenly watchful and sympathetic— understanding better than the artist himself, perhaps, the secret of the painter's hesitation. Every day,—sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon or evening ...
— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright
... storm broke out upon Strafford, his house was a shelter no longer; and Dillon, by the advice of Usher, was sent to Caen, where the protestants had then an university, and ...
— Lives of the Poets, Vol. 1 • Samuel Johnson
... be a good one and they can tell him if the new department which he is figuring on starting is proving profitable over the country in general. And, on the other hand, when the traveling man is expecting to make a change of houses, he often asks the advice ...
— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson


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