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Definition of Advice

1. Noun. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.

Definition of Advice

1. n. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.

Definition of Advice

1. Noun. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge. ¹

3. Noun. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; commonly in the plural. In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice. ¹

4. Noun. (legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. ¹

5. Noun. (computing programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Advice

1. recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct [n -S]

Medical Definition of Advice

1. The way in which one regards something: view, opinion, recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct: counsel. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Advice

Literary usage of Advice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1904)
"If the Humble Petition and advice actually brought "settlement" to the nation, even those who were originally discontented with it would soon give in their ..."

2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"I'll get legal advice ... to Béranger for his advice. But under the ravages of life's storms, her spirit had become soured, for she had been forced, ..."

3. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"EXPERT advice GIVEN DURING 1910, 1911 AND 1912. ... The following table gives the number of applications for expert advice received during 1910, ..."

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