advise

Everyday

1. To advise someone is to tell them what you think they should do. tree →
2. To advise can also mean to tell someone officially about something, as in «Passengers are advised to stay seated». tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and safety: doctors, teachers and parents advise children; signs advise people to wear helmets or keep away. In stories a wise character advises the hero. Pattern: «advise someone to do something», «advise against something».

Examples

• The doctor advised me to rest for two days. tree →
• My teacher advised us to check our answers. tree →
• I would advise you not to swim there. tree →
• Swimmers are advised to stay between the flags. tree →
• Mum advised against going out in the storm. tree →
• The old owl advised the young rabbit to be careful. tree →
• What do you advise me to do? tree →

Note

Verb «advise» is spelled with s and sounds like «-ize»; the noun «advice» is spelled with c and sounds like «ice». «Advice» is uncountable: «some advice», «a piece of advice», never «an advice» or «advices». Person: adviser (or advisor).

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life and safety: doctors, teachers and parents advise children; signs advise people to wear helmets or keep away. In stories a wise character advises the hero. Pattern: «advise someone to do something», «advise against something».

Examples

• When the Honorable Mayer Sulzberger heard me expressing my views on Hebrew orthography, he advised me to make a study of the Sefer Yetzirah which in his opinion constitutes the earliest Hebrew grammar extant. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom. (Writings PRO.13.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Verb «advise» is spelled with s and sounds like «-ize»; the noun «advice» is spelled with c and sounds like «ice». «Advice» is uncountable: «some advice», «a piece of advice», never «an advice» or «advices». Person: adviser (or advisor).