advise

English

Alternative forms

advize (obsolete)
avise [13th–16th c.]
avize [16th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō, from Latin videō (“to see”), visum (“past participle of videō”). See also advice.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ədˈvaɪz/
Hyphenation: ad‧vise
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advising, simple past and past participle advised)

(transitive) To 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.

The lawyer advised me to drop the case, since there was no chance of winning.
- 1992, Burns, D. & Pierce, J.P., Tobacco Use in California 1990-1991, Sacramento: California Department of Health Services, →ISBN, page 88:
  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.
(transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.
The dentist advised brushing three times a day.
(transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.
We were advised of the risk.
(intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, “8, The Election”, in Past and Present, book 2:
  […] 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.
(obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  when that villain he auiz'd, which late / Affrighted had the fairest Florimell, / Full of fiers fury, and indignant hate, / To him he turned […]
(obsolete, intransitive) To consult (with).
- 1746, Charles Pinot Duclos, The history of Lewis xi. king of France. Transl, page 169:
  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.
(Scots law) To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.

Usage notes

This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of advise

infinitive	(to) advise
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	advise	advised
2nd-person singular	advise, advisest^†	advised, advisedst^†
3rd-person singular	advises, adviseth^†	advised
plural	advise	advised

subjunctive	advise	advised

imperative	advise	—

participles	advising	advised

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

(to offer an opinion): counsel, warn; See also Thesaurus:advise
(to give information or notice): inform, notify; See also Thesaurus:inform

Derived terms

Translations

to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn

Albanian: këshilloj (sq)
Arabic: نَصَحَ (ar) (naṣaḥa)
Armenian: խորհուրդ տալ (xorhurd tal)
Azerbaijani: məsləhət vermək
Belarusian: ра́іць impf (ráicʹ), пара́іць pf (paráicʹ)
Bengali: পরামর্শ (bn) (poramorśo)
Bulgarian: съветвам (bg) impf (sǎvetvam), препоръ́чвам (bg) impf (preporǎ́čvam)
Burmese: အကြံပေး (my) (a.krampe:)
Catalan: aconsellar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勸導／劝导 (zh) (quàndǎo), 勸告／劝告 (zh) (quàngào), 規勸／规劝 (zh) (guīquàn)
Czech: radit (cs) impf, poradit (cs) pf
Danish: råde (da)
Dutch: adviseren (nl), raadgeven, advies geven
Estonian: nõu andma
Finnish: neuvoa (fi)
French: conseiller (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: raten (de), beraten (de), empfehlen (de)
Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (raginōn)
Greek: συμβουλεύω (el) (symvoulévo)
Ancient: συμβουλεύω (sumbouleúō) (+ dat.)
Hebrew: יָעַץ (ya'áts), ייעץ \ יִעֵץ (yi'éts)
Hindi: सलाह देना (salāh denā)
Hungarian: tanácsol (hu)
Icelandic: ráða (is)
Indonesian: menasihati (id)
Ingrian: nevvoa
Italian: consigliare (it), raccomandare (it), consultarsi (it)
Japanese: 助言する (ja) (じょげんする, jogen suru), 忠告する (ja) (ちゅうこくする, chūkoku suru), 勧める (ja) (すすめる, susumeru), 薦める (ja) (すすめる, susumeru)
Kazakh: кеңес беру (kk) (keñes beru), ақыл беру (aqyl beru)
Korean: 조언하다 (ko) (jo'eonhada), 충고하다 (chunggohada), 권고하다 (ko) (gwon'gohada)
Kyrgyz: кеңеш берүү (keŋeş berüü), акыл айтуу (akıl aytuu)
Lao: ແນະນຳ (næ nam), ແນະ (næ), ຜະດຽງ (pha dīang)
Latin: consilior, moneō (la), praecipio
Latvian: ieteikt
Lithuanian: patarti
Lushootseed: ʔugʷ
Macedonian: сове́тува impf (sovétuva)
Malay: menasihati
Mbyá Guaraní: mongeta
Mongolian: зөвлөх (mn) (zövlöx)
Norwegian: råde (no)
Old English: rædan
Persian: نَصیحَت کردن, توصیه دادن (towsiye dâdan), توصیدن, پَند‌ دادن
Polish: radzić (pl) impf, poradzić (pl) pf
Portuguese: aconselhar (pt), opiniar
Quechua: anyay (qu)
Romanian: sfătui (ro), recomanda (ro), îndruma (ro)
Russian: сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ), рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), наставля́ть (ru) impf (nastavljátʹ), наста́вить (ru) pf (nastávitʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: comhairlich, thoir comhairle air/do
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: саветовати impf, савјетовати impf

Roman: savetovati (sh) impf, savjetovati (sh) impf
Slovak: radiť impf, poradiť pf
Slovene: svetovati impf
Spanish: aconsejar (es), asesorar (es)
Swedish: råda (sv), anmana (sv), uppmana (sv), varna (sv)
Tajik: маслиҳат додан (maslihat dodan), машварат додан (mašvarat dodan), тавсия додан (tavsiya dodan)
Telugu: సలహా ఇచ్చు (salahā iccu)
Thai: แนะนำ (th) (náenam)
Turkish: tavsiye etmek (tr)
Turkmen: maslahat bermek
Ukrainian: ра́дити (uk) impf (rádyty), пора́дити pf (porádyty), рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty)
Uzbek: maslahat bermoq, kengash bermoq
Vietnamese: khuyên bảo (vi), khuyến cáo (vi)
Volapük: konsälön (vo)
Walloon: consyî (wa)
Welsh: cynghori (cy)
Yiddish: עצהן (eytsen), ראָטן (rotn), רײַען (rayen)

to give information or notice to; to inform

Arabic: بَلَّغَ (ballaḡa), أَبْلَغَ (ar) (ʔablaḡa), أَخْبَرَ (ar) (ʔaḵbara)
Belarusian: паведамля́ць impf (pavjedamljácʹ), паве́даміць pf (pavjédamicʹ)
Bulgarian: съобща́вам (bg) impf (sǎobštávam), известя́вам (bg) impf (izvestjávam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 通知 (zh) (tōngzhī), 告知 (zh) (gàozhī)
Czech: informovat (cs) impf
Dutch: informeren (nl), inlichten (nl)
Finnish: neuvoa (fi)
French: conseiller (fr), renseigner (fr)
German: mitteilen (de), informieren (de), verständigen (de)
Hebrew: הוֹדִיעַ (he) (hodía')
Italian: avvisare (it), informare (it), notificare (it)
Japanese: 注意する (ja) (ちゅういする, chūi suru), 知らせる (ja) (しらせる, shiraseru)
Korean: 통지하다 (ko) (tongjihada), 전달하다 (ko) (jeondalhada), 주의하다 (ko) (juuihada)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: advisere (no)

Nynorsk: advisere
Portuguese: avisar (pt), informar (pt), notificar (pt)
Russian: сообща́ть (ru) impf (soobščátʹ), сообщи́ть (ru) pf (soobščítʹ), извеща́ть (ru) impf (izveščátʹ), извести́ть (ru) pf (izvestítʹ), оповеща́ть (ru) impf (opoveščátʹ), оповести́ть (ru) pf (opovestítʹ), уведомля́ть (ru) impf (uvedomljátʹ), уве́домить (ru) pf (uvédomitʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: tairg comhairle do
Slovene: seznaniti
Spanish: notificar (es)
Swedish: meddela (sv), informera (sv), upplysa (sv), avisera (sv), underrätta (sv)
Ukrainian: повідомля́ти (povidomljáty)
Yiddish: אַוויזירן (avizirn)

Noun

advise

Misspelling of advice.

References

“advise, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Davies, avised, davies, visaed