| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·vice |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   d-v s |
| NOUN: | 1. Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel. 2. Information communicated; news. Often used in the plural: advices from an ambassador. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English avis, advice, from Old French avis, from (ester) a vis, to seem : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad–) + vis, seen (from Latin vsum, what seems (good), from neuter past participle of vid re, to see; see weid- in Appendix I). | | SYNONYMS: | advice, counsel, recommendation These nouns denote an opinion as to a decision or course of action: sound advice for the unemployed; accepted my attorney's counsel; will follow your recommendation. See also synonyms at news.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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