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ADVISE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give advice to

Example:

The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud

Synonyms:

advise; counsel; rede

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "advise" is one way to...):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "advise"):

exhort; press; urge; urge on (force or impel in an indicated direction)

deter; dissuade (turn away from by persuasion)

admonish; discourage; monish; warn (advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior)

tip; tip off (give insider information or advise to)

misadvise; misguide (give bad advice to)

propound (put forward, as of an idea)

consult (advise professionally)

contraindicate (make a treatment inadvisable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot advise Sue

They advise him to write the letter

Derivation:

advisable (worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise)

advisee (someone who receives advice)

advisement (careful consideration)

adviser; advisor (an expert who gives advice)

advisory (an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat)

advisory (giving advice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inform (somebody) of something

Example:

I advised him that the rent was due

Synonyms:

advise; apprise; apprize; give notice; notify; send word

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "advise" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a proposal, declare a plan for something

Example:

the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax

Synonyms:

advise; propose; suggest

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "advise" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "advise"):

advocate; recommend; urge (push for something)

advance; throw out (bring forward for consideration or acceptance)

proposition (suggest sex to)

feed back (respond to a query or outcome)

posit; put forward; state; submit (put before)

make a motion; move (propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They advise him to write the letter

Credits

 Context examples: 

Therefore I advise you to drink it as soon as possible.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I should be a better man if I did what you advise, but I shouldn't be quite George Edward Challenger.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My client will certainly do what I may advise.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Having no mother, she had no one to advise her at such a crisis.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Suddenly this morning it occurred to me that you were the man to advise me, so I have hurried to you now, and I place myself unreservedly in your hands.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He is to report to me, and I shall advise you, for of course I was not present all the time.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“What would you advise, then?” I asked. “That I should take a knife, or a gun, or an axe, and kill this man?”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The AAP advises children aged between three and five spend no more than one hour a day looking at screens.

(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We have enough vaccines to immunize those who need it, and for those who don't, please don't use it, save it for the target population, she advised.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

But an eccentricity is very bon ton at present, and if you feel any leaning towards one, I should certainly advise you to let it run its course.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)