Meanings
verbadvise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advising, simple past and past participle advised)
present singular third person advises · participle present advising · participle past advised · past advised · first person past singular advised · archaic present second person singular advisest · past second person singular advised · archaic past second person singular advisedst · present singular third person advises · archaic present singular third person adviseth · past singular third person advised · past plural advised · past subjunctive advised · participle present advising · participle past advised · alternative advize
- transitiveTo give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
The dentist advised me to brush three times a day.
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The lawyer advised me to drop the case, since there was no chance of winning.
Of those current smokers who had seen a physician within the last year, 35.7% of the males and 27.6% of the females reported never having been advised to stop smoking by their physician.
1992, Burns, D. & Pierce, J.P., Tobacco Use in California 1990-1991, Sacramento: California Department of Health Services, →ISBN, page 88 - transitiveTo formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel.
We were advised of the risk.
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Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense.
2025 June 12, Kevin Liptak, quoting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “Trump didn’t want Israel to strike. They did it anyway.”, in CNN.comSynonyms: inform, notify, acquaint, apprise, discuss, enlighten, impart, inform
- archaicintransitiveTo consider, to deliberate.
[…] Samson is reported to the King accordingly. His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that Samson be brought in with the other Twelve.
1843, Thomas Carlyle, “8, The Election”, in Past and Present, book 2 - obsoletetransitiveTo look at, watch; to see.
when that villain he auiz'd, which late / Affrighted had the fairest Florimell, / Full of fiers fury, and indignant hate, / To him he turned […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - intransitiveobsoleteTo consult (with).
The armies drawing constantly nearer to each other, the king advised with his council, whether he should march against the Britons, or sall upon the count of Gharolois.
1746, Charles Pinot Duclos, The history of Lewis xi. king of France. Transl, page 169 - Scots lawTo deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
verbTo formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel.
verbTo provide information to a sovereign or head of state which they have previously asked for.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Latinad
- Old Frencha
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*widtós
- Proto-Italic*wissos
- Latinvīsus
- Old Frenchvis
- Old Frenchavis
- Old Frenchaviser
- Middle Englishavisen
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydseti
- Proto-Italic*weidsō
- Latinvisō
- Late Latinadvisō
- Englishadvise
From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō. See also advice.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συμβουλεύω, παραινέω
- συμβουλεύω (sumbouleúō)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- παραινέω (parainéō)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Arabic نَصَحَ, بَلَّغَ
- نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- بَلَّغَ (ballaḡa)to give information or notice to; to inform
- أَبْلَغَ (ʔablaḡa)to give information or notice to; to inform
- أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara)to give information or notice to; to inform
Bengali পরামর্শ
- পরামর্শ (poramorśo)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Bulgarian съветвам, препоръ́чвам
- съветвам (săvetvam)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- препоръ́чвам (preporắčvam)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- съобща́вам (săobštávam)to give information or notice to; to inform
- известя́вам (izvestjávam)to give information or notice to; to inform
Catalan aconsellar
- aconsellarto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Chinese Mandarin 勸導 /劝导, 勸告 /劝告
- 勸導 /劝导 (quàndǎo)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 勸告 /劝告 (quàngào)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 規勸 /规劝 (guīquàn)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 通知 (tōngzhī)to give information or notice to; to inform
- 告知 (gàozhī)to give information or notice to; to inform
Czech radit, poradit
- raditto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- poraditto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- informovatto give information or notice to; to inform
Danish råde
- rådeto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Dutch adviseren, raadgeven
- adviserento give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- raadgevento give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- advies gevento give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- informerento give information or notice to; to inform
- inlichtento give information or notice to; to inform
Esperanto konsili
- konsilito give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Estonian nõu andma
- nõu andmato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Finnish neuvoa, neuvoa
- neuvoato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- neuvoato give information or notice to; to inform
French conseiller, conseiller
- conseillerto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- conseillerto give information or notice to; to inform
- renseignerto give information or notice to; to inform
German raten, beraten
- ratento give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- beratento give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- empfehlento give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- mitteilento give information or notice to; to inform
- informierento give information or notice to; to inform
- verständigento give information or notice to; to inform
Greek συμβουλεύω
- συμβουλεύω (symvoulévo)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Hebrew יָעַץ, ייעץ \ יִעֵץ
- יָעַץ (ya'áts)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- ייעץ \ יִעֵץ (yi'éts)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- הוֹדִיעַ (hodía')to give information or notice to; to inform
Hindi सलाह देना
- सलाह देना (salāh denā)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Hungarian tanácsol
- tanácsolto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Icelandic ráða
- ráðato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Indonesian menasihati
- menasihatito give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Italian consigliare, raccomandare
- consigliareto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- raccomandareto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- consultarsito give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- avvisareto give information or notice to; to inform
- informareto give information or notice to; to inform
- notificareto give information or notice to; to inform
Japanese 助言する, 忠告する
- 助言する (jogen suru)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 忠告する (chūkoku suru)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 勧める (susumeru)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 薦める (susumeru)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 注意する (chūi suru)to give information or notice to; to inform
- 知らせる (shiraseru)to give information or notice to; to inform
Korean 조언하다, 충고하다
- 조언하다 (jo'eonhada)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 충고하다 (chunggohada)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 권고하다 (gwon'gohada)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- 통지하다 (tongjihada)to give information or notice to; to inform
- 전달하다 (jeondalhada)to give information or notice to; to inform
- 주의하다 (juuihada)to give information or notice to; to inform
Latin consilior, moneō
- consiliorto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- moneōto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- praecipioto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Latvian ieteikt
- ieteiktto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Lithuanian patarti
- patartito give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Malay menasihati
- menasihatito give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Norwegian råde
- rådeto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Norwegian Bokmål advisere
- advisereto give information or notice to; to inform
Persian نَصیحَت کردن, توصیه دادن
- نَصیحَت کردنto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- توصیه دادن (towsiye dâdan)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- توصیدنto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- پَند دادنto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Polish radzić, poradzić
- radzićto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- poradzićto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Portuguese aconselhar, opiniar
- aconselharto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- opiniarto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- avisarto give information or notice to; to inform
- informarto give information or notice to; to inform
- notificarto give information or notice to; to inform
Romanian sfătui, recomanda
- sfătuito give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- recomandato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- îndrumato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Russian сове́товать, посове́товать
- сове́товать (sovétovatʹ)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- посове́товать (posovétovatʹ)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- рекомендова́ть (rekomendovátʹ)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- порекомендова́ть (porekomendovátʹ)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- наставля́ть (nastavljátʹ)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- наста́вить (nastávitʹ)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- сообща́ть (soobščátʹ)to give information or notice to; to inform
- сообщи́ть (soobščítʹ)to give information or notice to; to inform
- извеща́ть (izveščátʹ)to give information or notice to; to inform
- извести́ть (izvestítʹ)to give information or notice to; to inform
- оповеща́ть (opoveščátʹ)to give information or notice to; to inform
- оповести́ть (opovestítʹ)to give information or notice to; to inform
Scottish Gaelic comhairlich, thoir comhairle air/do
- comhairlichto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- thoir comhairle air/doto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- tairg comhairle doto give information or notice to; to inform
Slovak radiť, poradiť
- radiťto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- poradiťto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Spanish aconsejar, asesorar
- aconsejarto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- asesorarto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- notificarto give information or notice to; to inform
Swedish råda, anmana
- rådato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- anmanato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- uppmanato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- varnato give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- meddelato give information or notice to; to inform
- informerato give information or notice to; to inform
- upplysato give information or notice to; to inform
- aviserato give information or notice to; to inform
- underrättato give information or notice to; to inform
Thai แนะนำ
- แนะนำ (náenam)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Turkish tavsiye etmek
- tavsiye etmekto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Ukrainian ра́дити, пора́дити
- ра́дити (rádyty)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- пора́дити (porádyty)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- повідомля́ти (povidomljáty)to give information or notice to; to inform
Vietnamese khuyên bảo, khuyến cáo
- khuyên bảoto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- khuyến cáoto give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Welsh cynghori
- cynghorito give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
Yiddish עצהן, ראָטן
- עצהן (eytsen)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- ראָטן (rotn)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- רײַען (rayen)to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
- אַוויזירן (avizirn)to give information or notice to; to inform
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with advise
sizesuppliesexerciseguysriseprizeliessurprisewisetiesarisediesbuyscompromisefliesauthorizerevisecomprisefriesexcisepiesdyesdemisedisguise
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APA
advise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advise
MLA
“advise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “advise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advise.
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