First Known Use: 15th century
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advise
verb ad·vise \əd-ˈvīz\
: to give an opinion or suggestion to someone about what should be done : to give advice to (someone)
: to recommend or suggest (something)
: to give information to (someone)
ad·visedad·vis·ing
Full Definition of ADVISE
transitive verb
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: to give information or notice to : inform <advise them of their rights>
intransitive verb
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: to give a recommendation about what should be done <advise on legal matters>
2
: to talk with someone in order to decide what should be done : consult <advise with friends>
— ad·vis·er also ad·vi·sor \-ˈvī-zər\ noun
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Examples of ADVISE
- … the White House let it be known that the President had privately rebuked his Defense Secretary for not advising him of the extent of the problem. —John F. Dickerson et al., Time, 17 May 2004
- Bureau of Land Management officials are recruiting a variety of Wyoming residents to serve on a working group that will advise the agency on possible changes to the level and pace of oil and gas development … —Jeff Gearino, CasperStar Tribune, 3 Mar. 2003
- When I told my lawyer that my boyfriend was going to remodel my house, she advised me to get a strict estimate and regular billings … —Jane Smiley, Harper's, June 2000
- Los Angeles Center advised me of a Boeing 747 at my one o'clock position and 500 feet below. —Barbara Cushman Rowell, Plane & Pilot, 1994
- An internist … advised me of an experimental drug. —Robert E. Neger, American Medical News, 2 Sept. 1991
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Origin of ADVISE
Middle English, to look at, consider, advise, from Anglo-French aviser, from avis
Rhymes with ADVISE
abscise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise
ADVISE Defined for Kids
advise
verb ad·vise \əd-ˈvīz\
ad·visedad·vis·ing
Definition of ADVISE for Kids
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: to give suggestions about a decision or action : give advice to
2
: to give information about something <Passengers were advised of bad flying conditions.>
— ad·vis·er or ad·vi·sor \-ˈvī-zər\ noun
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