/ədˈvaɪs/
Translation
Words that tell someone what you think they should do.
Word origin
From Old French avis, an opinion, from a Latin phrase meaning according to what seems right.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- avis
- English cognates
- advise, adviser
Examples
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"Advice" is uncountable: some advice, not an advice.
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Count it with "a piece of advice".
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"Take advice" means to do what someone suggested.
Used in
Grammar articles
(9)Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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