advice
English
/ədˈvaɪs/, /ædˈvaɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) An opinion offered in an effort to be helpful.
- (uncountable) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
- (archaic) Information or news given; intelligence
- (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
- (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
- (countable) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
- (uncountable) Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
- (uncountable) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
- (countable) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English avys derived from Old French avis derived from Latin visus (sight, a look, having been seen, vision).
Origin
Latin
visus
Gloss
sight, a look, having been seen, vision
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adviceful English
- adviceline English
- avis English
- line English
- misadvice English
- *visitus Latin
- *visāticum Latin
- advisum Latin
- visa Latin
- visivus Latin
- visualis Latin
- visum Latin
- visus Latin
- visuālis Latin
- avviso Italian
- avis French
- visuel French
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- アドバイス Japanese
- avys Middle English
- avis Old French
- visage Old French
- avijs Middle Dutch
- advis Middle French
- veîso Istriot