advise

English Online Dictionary. What means advise‎? What does advise mean?

English

Alternative forms

• advize (obsolete)
• avise [13th–16th c.]
• avize [16th c.]

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

• IPA^(key): /ədˈvaɪz/
• Hyphenation: ad‧vise
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advising, simple past and past participle advised)

1. (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
2. (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.

3. (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.

4. (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
6. (obsolete, intransitive) To consult (with).
7. (Scots law) To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to offer an opinion): counsel, warn; See also Thesaurus:advise
• (to give information or notice): inform, notify; See also Thesaurus:inform

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

advise

1. Misspelling of advice.

References

• “advise, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Davies, avised, davies, visaed