advise
English
Alternative forms
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
Verb
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- (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.
- (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.
- The dentist advised brushing three times a day.
- (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.
- (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. VIII, The Election
- (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 […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
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
Translations
to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
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to give information or notice to; to inform
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Anagrams
Scots
Pronunciation
Verb
advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advisin, simple past advised, past participle advised)
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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