advise
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)advises, advised, advising
- give advice to“The teacher counsels troubled students”“The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud”Synonyms: redecounselMore general hash out, discussMore specific urge, warn, dissuade, consult, tip off, misadvise, contraindicate, propound
- inform (somebody) of something“I advised him that the rent was due”Synonyms: notifygive noticesend wordappriseapprizeMore general inform
- make a proposal, declare a plan for something“the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax”Synonyms: proposesuggestMore general declareMore specific recommend, submit, offer, advance, proposition, feed back, move
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Translations
Verb to give advice to
- Spanish
- aconsejar
- French
- conseiller
- German
- raten
- Italian
- consigliare
- Portuguese
- aconselhar
- Russian
- сове́товать sovétovatʹ
- Arabic
- نَصَحَ naṣaḥa
- Chinese
- 劝导 quàndǎo
- Japanese
- 助言する jogen suru
- Dutch
- adviseren
25 more languages
- Polish
- radzić
- Swedish
- råda
- Greek
- συμβουλεύω symvoulévo
- Korean
- 조언하다 jo'eonhada
- Vietnamese
- khuyến cáo
- Hungarian
- tanácsol
- Portuguese (PT)
- aconselhar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 勸導 quàndǎo
- Albanian
- këshilloj
- Catalan
- aconsellar
- Czech
- poradit
- Danish
- råde
- Esperanto
- konsili
- Finnish
- neuvoa
- Hebrew
- יָעַץ ya'áts
- Icelandic
- ráða
- Latvian
- ieteikt
- Lithuanian
- patarti
- Norwegian
- råde
- Romanian
- sfătui
- Scottish Gaelic
- comhairlich
- Serbo-Croatian
- savjetovati
- Walloon
- consyî
- Welsh
- cynghori
- Yiddish
- עצהן eytsen
Verb to give information or notice to
- French
- informer
- German
- mitteilen
- Italian
- informare
- Portuguese
- informar
- Arabic
- أَخْبَرَ ʔaḵbara
- Japanese
- 知らせる shiraseru
- Dutch
- informeren
- Vietnamese
- thông báo
- Portuguese (PT)
- informar
- Finnish
- neuvoa
2 more languages
- Norwegian
- advisere
- Scottish Gaelic
- tairg comhairle do
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F. aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L. videre, visum, to see. See Advice, and cf. Avise.
1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. “I shall no more advise thee.” John Milton
2. To give information or notice to; to inform; — with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk.
To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. obsolete
Bid thy master well advise himself.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint.
1. To consider; to deliberate. obsolete
Advise if this be worth attempting.— John Milton
2. To take counsel; to consult; — followed by with; as, to advise with friends.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54