GDict

advice

әd'vais9 senses · 652 ms
Level A2CET-4CET-6高考IELTS考研TOEFL中考Oxford 3000
local copy0 msLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0Wiktionary contributors
noun/ədˈvaɪs/
  1. 1

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

    • She was offered various pieces of advice on what to do.
    • My kids never listen to advice.
  2. 2

    Deliberate consideration; knowledge.obsoleteuncountable

    • How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her?
  3. 3

    Information or news given; intelligence.archaiccountableuncountable

    • late advices from France
  4. 4

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

    • An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.
  5. 5

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

    • a letter of advice
  6. 6

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

    • An advice issued by a Monitoring Committee could be applicable in a Dutch court
  7. 7

    Counseling to perform a specific legal act.uncountable

    • An honest oath taken under advice of counsel, therefore, is not perjury
  8. 8

    Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.uncountable

  9. 9

    In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.countable

syn. advice · consent

ant. criticism

verb/ədˈvaɪs/
  1. 1

    Misspelling of advise.alt-ofmisspelling

Nearby entries