advice

noun
/ədˈvaɪs/UK/ədˈvaɪs/US

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. derived from vīsus#Noun
  2. derived from avis
  3. inherited from avys

Definitions

  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.
    • On the advice of her doctor, Mary cut down on her carbohydrates.
  2. Deliberate consideration

    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

    Information or news given; intelligence.

    • late advices from France
  4. + 7 more definitions
    1. In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory…

      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.
      • However, an advice of an incoming settlement payment order will be given to an off-line receiving bank only when the receiving bank has notified the Reserve Bank in writing
    2. In commercial language, information communicated by letter

      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
    3. A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply…

      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.
      • the question arises, whether an advice issued by a Monitoring Committee would actually be applicable in a Dutch court
    4. Counseling to perform a specific legal act.

      • An honest oath taken under advice of counsel, therefore, is not perjury
    5. Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

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

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

    7. Misspelling of advise.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at advice. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01advice02information03knowledge04awareness05aware06difficulty07environment08inputs09input

A definitional loop anchored at advice. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at advice

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA