advise

English

Alternative forms

• advize (obsolete)
• avise [13th–16th c.]
• avize [16th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō, from Latin videō (“to see”), visum (“past participle of videō”). See also advice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈvaɪz/
• Hyphenation: ad‧vise

• audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

1. (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

   The dentist advised me to brush three times a day.

   • 1992, Burns, D. & Pierce, J.P., Tobacco Use in California 1990-1991, Sacramento: California Department of Health Services →ISBN, page 88

     Of those current smokers who had seen a physician within the last year, 35.7% of the males and 27.6% of the females reported never having been advised to stop smoking by their physician.

2. (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.

   The dentist advised brushing three times a day.

3. (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.

   We were advised of the risk.

   The lawyer advised me to drop the case, since there was no chance of winning.

4. (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. VIII, The Election

     […] Samson is reported to the King accordingly. His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that Samson be brought in with the other Twelve.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:

     when that villain he auiz'd, which late / Affrighted had the fairest Florimell, / Full of fiers fury, and indignant hate, / To him he turned […]

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Synonyms

• (to offer an opinion): counsel, warn; See also Thesaurus:advise
• (to give information or notice): inform, notify; See also Thesaurus:inform

Derived terms

Derived terms

• advice
• advisable

• advisement
• adviser

Translations

to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn

• Albanian: këshilloj (sq)
• Arabic: نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa)
• Armenian: խորհուրդ տալ (xorhurd tal)
• Azerbaijani: məsləhət vermək
• Belarusian: ра́іць impf (ráicʹ), пара́іць pf (paráicʹ)
• Bengali: পরামর্শ (pôramôrshô)
• Bulgarian: съветвам (bg) impf (sǎvetvam), препоръ̀чвам (bg) impf (preporǎ̀čvam)
• Burmese: အကြံပေး (my) (a.krampe:)
• Catalan: aconsellar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勸導／劝导 (zh) (quàndǎo), 劝导 (zh) (quàndǎo), 勸告／劝告 (zh) (quàngào), 劝告 (zh) (quàngào), 規勸／规劝 (zh) (guīquàn), 规劝 (zh) (guīquàn)

• Czech: radit (cs) impf, poradit (cs) pf
• Danish: råde (da)
• Dutch: adviseren (nl), raadgeven, advies geven
• Estonian: nõu andma
• Finnish: neuvoa (fi)
• French: conseiller (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: raten (de), beraten (de), empfehlen (de)
• Greek: συμβουλεύω (el) (symvoulévo)

  Ancient: συμβουλεύω (sumbouleúō) (+ dat.)

• Hebrew: יָעַץ (ya'áts), ייעץ \ יִעֵץ (yi'éts)
• Hindi: सलाह देना (salāh denā)
• Hungarian: tanácsol (hu)
• Icelandic: ráða (is)
• Indonesian: menasihati (id)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: consigliare (it), raccomandare (it), consultarsi (it)
• Japanese: 助言する (ja) (じょげんする, jogen suru), 忠告する (ja) (ちゅうこくする, chūkoku suru), 勧める (ja) (すすめる, susumeru), 薦める (ja) (すすめる, susumeru)
• Kazakh: кеңес беру (kk) (keñes beru), ақыл беру (aqyl beru)
• Korean: 조언하다 (ko) (jo'eonhada), 충고하다 (chunggohada), 권고하다 (ko) (gwon'gohada)
• Kyrgyz: кеңеш берүү (keŋeş berüü), акыл айтуу (akıl aytuu)
• Lao: ແນະນຳ (næ nam), ແນະ (næ), ຜະດຽງ (pha dīang)
• Latin: consilior, moneō (la), praecipio
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• Latvian: ieteikt
• Lithuanian: patarti
• Macedonian: сове́тува impf (sovétuva)
• Malay: menasihati
• Mongolian: зөвлөх (mn) (zövlöx)
• Norwegian: råde (no)
• Persian: توصیه دادن (towsiye dâdan)
• Polish: radzić (pl) impf, poradzić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: aconselhar (pt), opiniar
• Quechua: anyay (qu)
• Romanian: sfătui (ro), recomanda (ro), îndruma (ro)
• Russian: сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ), рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), наставля́ть (ru) impf (nastavljátʹ), наста́вить (ru) pf (nastávitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: comhairlich, thoir comhairle air/do
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: саветовати impf, савјетовати impf

  Roman: savetovati (sh) impf, savjetovati (sh) impf

• Slovak: radiť impf, poradiť pf
• Slovene: svetovati impf
• Spanish: aconsejar (es), asesorar (es)
• Swedish: råda (sv)
• Tajik: маслиҳат додан (maslihat dodan), машварат додан (mašvarat dodan), тавсия додан (tavsiya dodan)
• Telugu: సలహా ఇచ్చు (salahā iccu)
• Thai: แนะนำ (th) (náenam)
• Turkish: tavsiye etmek (tr)
• Turkmen: maslahat bermek
• Ukrainian: ра́дити (uk) impf (rádyty), пора́дити pf (porádyty), рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty)
• Uzbek: maslahat bermoq, kengash bermoq
• Vietnamese: khuyên bảo (vi), khuyến cáo (vi)
• Volapük: konsälön (vo)
• Walloon: consyî (wa)
• Welsh: cynghori (cy)
• Yiddish: עצהן (eytsen), ראָטן (rotn), רײַען (rayen)

to give information or notice to; to inform

• Arabic: بَلَّغَ (ballaḡa), أَبْلَغَ (ʔablaḡa), أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara)
• Belarusian: паведамля́ць impf (pavjedamljácʹ), паве́даміць pf (pavjédamicʹ)
• Bulgarian: съобща́вам (bg) impf (sǎobštávam), известя́вам (bg) impf (izvestjávam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通知 (zh) (tōngzhī), 告知 (zh) (gàozhī)

• Czech: informovat (cs) impf
• Dutch: informeren (nl), inlichten (nl)
• Finnish: neuvoa (fi)
• French: conseiller (fr), renseigner (fr)
• German: mitteilen (de), informieren (de), verständigen (de)
• Hebrew: הוֹדִיעַ (hodía')
• Italian: avvisare (it), informare (it), notificare (it)
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• Japanese: 注意する (ja) (ちゅういする, chūi suru), 知らせる (ja) (しらせる, shiraseru)
• Korean: 통지하다 (ko) (tongjihada), 전달하다 (ko) (jeondalhada), 주의하다 (ko) (juuihada)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: advisere (no)

  Nynorsk: advisere

• Portuguese: avisar (pt), informar (pt), notificar (pt)
• Russian: сообща́ть (ru) impf (soobščátʹ), сообщи́ть (ru) pf (soobščítʹ), извеща́ть (ru) impf (izveščátʹ), извести́ть (ru) pf (izvestítʹ), оповеща́ть (ru) impf (opoveščátʹ), оповести́ть (ru) pf (opovestítʹ), уведомля́ть (ru) impf (uvedomljátʹ), уве́домить (ru) pf (uvédomitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: tairg comhairle do
• Slovene: seznaniti
• Spanish: notificar (es)
• Ukrainian: повідомля́ти (povidomljáty)

Anagrams

• Davies, avised, davies, visaed

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadvaɪz/

Verb

advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advisin, simple past advised, past participle advised)

1. to advise
2. to consider
3. to review

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.