advice
an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: Advice from abroad informs us that the government has fallen.Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous.
an official notification, especially one pertaining to a business agreement: an overdue advice.
Origin of advice
1synonym study For advice
Other words for advice
1 | admonition, warning, caution; guidance; urging |
2 | intelligence, word |
3 | notice, advisory |
Other words from advice
- pre·ad·vice, noun
Words that may be confused with advice
- advice , advise
Words Nearby advice
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How to use advice in a sentence
Efforts like these don’t just offer vital advice to future workers—they send a message to my students that they have a chance to fill a role where they have an equal footing from day one.
If companies don’t recruit from HBCUs, they’re missing out on promising employees | jakemeth | September 25, 2020 | FortuneWhen New Jersey lawmakers sought advice about police accountability, one of the power players they turned to was Sean Lavin, a police union leader.
How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail | by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press | September 23, 2020 | ProPublicaOur presenters also share practical and actionable advice on how to overcome productivity, efficiency, and distraction obstacles—including children.
Watch: Quartz’s workshop on productivity and time management | Heather Landy | September 18, 2020 | QuartzOne reason is that the industry is evolving, with the value of financial advice changing.
The Best Workplaces for Women are expanding the turf for women in finance | lbelanger225 | September 18, 2020 | FortuneMany of the founders I have spoken to said one of their biggest early challenges was figuring out how to sift through all the advice they receive.
Startup founders must overcome information overload | Walter Thompson | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunch
Who do you turn to now when you have a decision to make, when you have one less person to provide validation or advice?
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone | Samantha Levine | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe problem, though, is that this advice presumes that death threats are rare and abnormal.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism | Arthur Chu | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Stormfront crowd offers its own helpful political advice, not only for Scalise but also for the entire GOP.
The future Mr. Vergara—and star of ‘True Blood’ and ‘Magic Mike’ shares some life advice in an exclusive video.
Who Is Joe Manganiello? Sofia Vergara’s Fiancé on the Value of Hard Work | The Daily Beast Video | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a well-known advocate for Baluch rights in Iran, young Iranians reach out to him for advice.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith childlike confidence he follows the advice of some more or less honest dealer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsMessa urges the king to send a new governor, and gives his advice as to the character of him who should be sent.
Hence Napoleon was driven more and more to trust to the advice of the rash, unstable King of Naples.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonYielding to the advice of his friends, he put on it a price the amount of which abashed him.
Terrified with this apparition, he consulted several friends, who advised him to take the advice.
British Dictionary definitions for advice
/ (ədˈvaɪs) /
recommendation as to appropriate choice of action; counsel
(sometimes plural) formal notification of facts, esp when communicated from a distance
Origin of advice
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