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advice

noun

  1. form of relating personal or institutional opinions, belief systems, values, recommendations or guidance about certain situations relayed in some context to another person, group or party often offered as a guide to action and/or conduct
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Pronunciation: /ədˈvaɪs/

noun

Etymology: 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 to influence from advise and ad-, see advance. Doublet of aviso. See vision, and compare avise, advise. Mostly displaced native Old English rǣd (see modern rede).

  1. An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

    She was offered various pieces of advice on what to do.

    My kids never listen to advice.

  2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge.

    How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her?

  3. Information or news given; intelligence.

    late advices from France

  4. In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.

    An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.

    (g) A Reserve Bank will issue to each depositor following any transaction affecting book-entry securities maintained for such depositor under this part a confirmation thereof in the form of an advice (serially numbered or otherwise) which shall describe the amount and maturity date thereof, and include pertinent transaction data.

  5. In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange.

    a letter of advice

    the drawees acknowledged the receipt of the letter of advice of the nineteenth of December , and promised to honor the draft when presented

  6. A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions.

    An advice issued by a Monitoring Committee could be applicable in a Dutch court

    Any measure that is not a formal (binding) act within the meaning of article 189 EEC, such as for example an advice, is clearly outside the scope of the action.

  7. Counseling to perform a specific legal act.

    An honest oath taken under advice of counsel, therefore, is not perjury

  8. Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
  9. In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

verb

Etymology: 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 to influence from advise and ad-, see advance. Doublet of aviso. See vision, and compare avise, advise. Mostly displaced native Old English rǣd (see modern rede).

  1. Misspelling of advise.