noun
advice
uhd-VYS
noun
1
A suggestion or opinion offered to help someone decide or act.
"My grandmother's advice was to always save a little from every paycheck."
"He asked his doctor for advice about managing stress."
2
A formal notice about a financial transaction, such as a bank or shipping document.
"The bank sent a remittance advice confirming the transfer."
How to Use Advice
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA helpful suggestion or recommendation.
Common mistake
Advice is uncountable (say "some advice" or "a piece of advice," never "an advice"). Advise (with an s) is the verb: "I advise you to leave early."
Easily confused with
Common pairings
give advice
take advice
piece of advice
seek advice
Word Forms
advices plural
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Etymology
From Old French avis, from a phrase meaning "it is to my view" — the "d" was added later by mistaken association with words like "advance."