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ADVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does advice mean? 

ADVICE (noun)
  The noun ADVICE has 1 sense:

1. a proposal for an appropriate course of actionplay

  Familiarity information: ADVICE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADVICE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A proposal for an appropriate course of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("advice" is a kind of...):

proposal (something proposed (such as a plan or assumption))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "advice"):

recommendation (something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable)

indication (something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary)

admonition; monition; warning; word of advice (cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness))


 Context examples 


My letter to Agnes was a fervent and grateful one, narrating all the good effects that had resulted from my following her advice.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This advice pleased the lion, so he laid himself down quietly for the fox to make him fast to the horse.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Mercedes continually fluttered in the way of her men and kept up an unbroken chattering of remonstrance and advice.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I went home to Saxe-Coburg Square, and I took the advice of my assistant.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The vessels came together before I could follow his advice.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"The advice is good!" said Van Helsing, so we said no more.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I know it, Meg, for I've tried it, and I seldom give advice unless I've proved its practicability.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Instead, the crowd began sarcastically to cheer him on and showered him with facetious advice.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

After seven days he was well enough to be discharged with the advice not to block both nostrils when sneezing in future.

(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Consumers are likely to receive advice regarding nutrition from multiple sources in their day-to-day lives.

(People with Positive Attitude More Likely to Eat Healthily, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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