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ADVERTENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does advertence mean?
• ADVERTENCE (noun)
The noun ADVERTENCE has 1 sense:
1. the process of being heedful
Familiarity information: ADVERTENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of being heedful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
advertence; advertency
Hypernyms ("advertence" is a kind of...):
attentiveness; heed; paying attention; regard (paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people))
Derivation:
advert (give heed (to))
advertent (giving attention)
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