ADVISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does advise mean? 

• ADVISE (verb)
  The verb ADVISE has 3 senses:

1. give advice to

2. inform (somebody) of something

3. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

  Familiarity information: ADVISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADVISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they advise    ... he / she / it advises   
Past simple: advised   
Past participle: advised   
-ing form: advising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give advice to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

advise; counsel; rede

Context example:

The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud

Hypernyms (to "advise" is one way to...):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "advise"):

exhort; press; urge; urge on (force or impel in an indicated direction)

deter; dissuade (turn away from by persuasion)

admonish; discourage; monish; warn (advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior)

tip; tip off (give insider information or advise to)

misadvise; misguide (give bad advice to)

propound (put forward, as of an idea)

consult (advise professionally)

contraindicate (make a treatment inadvisable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot advise Sue
They advise him to write the letter

Derivation:

advisable (worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise)

advisee (someone who receives advice)

advisement (careful consideration)

adviser; advisor (an expert who gives advice)

advisory (an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat)

advisory (giving advice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inform (somebody) of something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

advise; apprise; apprize; give notice; notify; send word

Context example:

I advised him that the rent was due

Hypernyms (to "advise" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a proposal, declare a plan for something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

advise; propose; suggest

Context example:

the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax

Hypernyms (to "advise" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "advise"):

advocate; recommend; urge (push for something)

advance; throw out (bring forward for consideration or acceptance)

proposition (suggest sex to)

feed back (respond to a query or outcome)

posit; put forward; state; submit (put before)

make a motion; move (propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They advise him to write the letter

 Context examples 

I keep my diary, and try to 'remember correctly and describe clearly all that I see and admire', as Father advised.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Since I always advise you not to immediately jump into action the day Mercury goes direct, I want you to wait for your stellar day, March 11.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Whereupon he began again to think that my brain was disturbed, of which he gave me a hint, and advised me to go to bed in a cabin he had provided.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

“Before I can advise you properly,” said Mr. Wickfield—“the old question, you know. What's your motive in this?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"You see now, my queenly Blanche," began Lady Ingram, "she encroaches. Be advised, my angel girl—and—"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Samsung announced earlier in the day that it was stopping all global sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7, and advised all customers to stop using the device immediately.

(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)

I should advise you— Professor Hilton paused and glared at him, unsympathetic and unimaginative as one of his own test-tubes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

However, at any rate, as I have a great deal more at stake on this point than anybody else can have, I think it rather unnecessary in you to be advising me.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

China, the largest consumer of farm antibiotics, has advised its citizens to cut meat consumption to 40 – 70 grams per person per day or about half of the current consumption.

(Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, SciDev.Net)

These findings suggest that people should be conscious of the supplements they're taking and ensure they're applicable to the specific vitamin or mineral deficiencies they have been advised of by their healthcare provider.

(Most Popular Supplements Provide No Health Benefit, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)