advice

noun ad·vice \ əd-ˈvīs \

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Examples: advice in a Sentence

Definition of advice

1 : recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct : counsel

… shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties …
—U.S. Constitution

offering medical advice

a word of advice

2 : information or notice given —usually used in plural

… the latest advices from Mexico …
—Henry David Thoreau

3 : an official notice concerning a business transaction

payment advices

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Examples of advice in a Sentence

Parties have to make decisions involving millions of dollars based on incomplete information; to help make those decisions, they inevitably seek advice from pollsters they trust. —Noam Scheiber, New Republic, 24 Feb. 2003
Of all the e-mail advice I've received about my herniated disk, from acupuncture to zen, the most immediately applicable has been this: Channel your daily rage away from your spine. —Robert Lipsyte, New York Times, 21 July 2002
My advice is to sell your old car and get a new one.
Take my advice and sell your old car.
He needs advice from an expert.
She's been giving him some expert advice about investing.
“May I ask your advice about something?” “Certainly. I'm always happy to give advice when asked for it.”

Recent Examples of advice from the Web

My advice now is to celebrate your unique look, whatever that is.

— samantha sasso, refinery29.com, "Shay Mitchell Is Finally Defining Beauty On Her Terms," 13 June 2018
So this is my advice to my beloved readers: Don’t buy a polyester tie for your patriarch.

— kevin fisher-paulson, SFChronicle.com, "The mother of all contrived holidays," 11 June 2018
Others who want to offer their free time to schools are welcome to seek their advice.

— jay mathews, Washington Post, "‘It is a dream volunteer job.’ So why don’t more schools embrace retiree help?," 10 June 2018
His advice is to just take it one commercial break at a time.

— curtis m. wong, Billboard, "Sara Bareilles & Josh Groban On Hosting The 2018 Tonys: 'We're Going To Embrace Our Weirdness'," 9 June 2018
My advice for Onrush players is to just roll with it.

— sam byford, The Verge, "Onrush is basically Overwatch on wheels," 8 June 2018
His advice remains timely, as gentrification of Chicago's poorer neighborhoods continues apace.

— andrea gronvall, Chicago Reader, "History repeats itself over and over again at the African Diaspora Film Festival," 8 June 2018
Brush up on her advice below for the best first cut ever — and don't forget to save a lock for the baby book!

— heather finn, Good Housekeeping, "How to Make Your Baby's First Haircut as Painless as Possible," 8 June 2018
Send your after-work hike suggestions to me at thanlon@adn.com, or post your advice in the comments below.

— tegan hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, "After-work hikes in the Anchorage area: Where’s your favorite spot?," 4 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of advice

Middle English avis, avise, advis, advise "thought, judgment, opinion," borrowed from Anglo-French avis, avise, advis, from the phrase a vis "apparent" (in ce m'est a vis "that appears to me"), from a "to, at, in" (going back to Latin ad) + vis, in part from the noun vis "field of vision, sense of sight, face" (going back to Latin vīsus, verbal noun from vidēre "to see"), in part from the Old French phrase ço m'est vis "that seems to me," continuing Latin mihi est vīsum (with neuter past participle of vidēre) — more at ¹at, ¹wit

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First Known Use: 14th century

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