advice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An opinion you give someone about what they should do.

   She gave me some useful advice about choosing a career.

2. 2
   noun

   Formal information or notice, especially in business or legal matters.

   The bank sent an advice confirming that the payment had been received.

Common collocations

• good advice Adjective + noun
• give advice Verb + noun
• expert advice Adjective + noun
• practical advice Adjective + noun
• professional advice Adjective + noun
• follow advice Verb + noun
• seek advice Verb + noun
• take advice Verb + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avisbor. Middle English avys English advice From Middle English avys, from Old French avis, rebracketed from the phrase ce m'est a vis (“I think”, “it seems to me”, literally “it is to my view”), where vis is from Latin vīsus (“vision, sight”). The unhistoric -d- was introduced during the 15th century due…

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