advise

ad·vise

verb \əd-ˈvīz\

ad·visedad·vis·ing

Definition of ADVISE

transitive verb

1

a : to give (someone) a recommendation about what should be done : to give advice to <advise her to try a drier climate>

b : caution, warn <advise them of the consequences>

c : recommend <advise prudence>

2

: to give information or notice to : inform <advise them of their rights>

intransitive verb

1

: to give a recommendation about what should be done <advise on legal matters>

2

: to talk with someone in order to decide what should be done : consult <advise with friends>

— ad·vis·er also ad·vi·sor \-ˈvī-zər\ noun

Examples of ADVISE

1. I strongly advise you to sell your old car.
2. We advised them to save their money.
3. My doctor advised me to lose some weight.
4. She advises the President on foreign affairs.
5. We were thinking of buying that house, but our lawyer advised against it.
6. I advise selling your old car.
7. He advises patience when dealing with children.
8. The boss asked us to keep him advised about how the project is going.
9. … the White House let it be known that the President had privately rebuked his Defense Secretary for not advising him of the extent of the problem. —John F. Dickerson et al., Time, 17 May 2004
10. Bureau of Land Management officials are recruiting a variety of Wyoming residents to serve on a working group that will advise the agency on possible changes to the level and pace of oil and gas development … —Jeff Gearino, CasperStar Tribune, 3 Mar. 2003
11. When I told my lawyer that my boyfriend was going to remodel my house, she advised me to get a strict estimate and regular billings … —Jane Smiley, Harper's, June 2000
12. Los Angeles Center advised me of a Boeing 747 at my one o'clock position and 500 feet below. —Barbara Cushman Rowell, Plane & Pilot, 1994
13. An internist … advised me of an experimental drug. —Robert E. Neger, American Medical News, 2 Sept. 1991

Origin of ADVISE

Middle English, to look at, consider, advise, from Anglo-French aviser, from avis

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to ADVISE

Synonyms

adjure, admonish, counsel

Related Words

alert, caution, forewarn, warn; brief, clue (in), fill in, inform, tell, wise (up); coach, direct, guide, instruct, lead, mentor, shepherd, show, teach, tutor; direct, pilot, steer; acquaint, apprise, familiarize; convince, encourage, induce, persuade, talk (into); beg, exhort, implore, prevail (upon), urge; propose, recommend, suggest

Near Antonyms

misinform, mislead

Rhymes with ADVISE

abscise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise