Advice I Give ədˈvaɪs Follow Seek Legal Word

• advice on road safety
• they give advice to people with hiv and aids.
• ask your teacher’s advice/ask your teacher for advice on how to prepare for the exam.
• follow your doctor's advice.

advice

1. an opinion or a suggestion about what somebody should do in a particular situation
• advice on road safety
• They give advice to people with HIV and AIDS.
• Ask your teacher’s advice/Ask your teacher for advice on how to prepare for the exam.
• Follow your doctor's advice.
• We were advised to seek legal advice.
• Let me give you a piece of advice.
• A word of advice. Don't wear that dress.
• Take my advice. Don't do it.
• I chose it on his advice.
• If I were you, I'd wait.
• I think you should/ought to see a doctor.
• Why don't you/Why not/Could you maybe ask Tom to help?
• If you want my advice/If you want to know what I think, I'd say it's better to tell him.
• I'd advise you to sell it now.

Extra Examples

• Can you give me some advice on where to buy good maps?
• Go to your doctor and ask for advice.
• Here is some advice for pregnant women.
• I hope I can pass on some useful advice.
• I think my lawyer gave me the wrong advice.
• I think you need to take legal advice.
• I will refrain from giving unsolicited advice.
• I wished that I had followed her advice.
• It is essential to seek expert advice from a mental health professional.
• My advice to you would be to wait a few months.
• On the advice of his experts he bought another company.
• Permission was given against the advice of the planning officers.
• She asked her mother’s advice.
• She writes a weekly advice column in the local paper.
• That’s very sound advice.
• The Local Authority runs an advice centre in the town.
• The website gives free, impartial advice on all aspects of saving energy.
• advice about bringing up children
• Can I gve you a friendly word of advice?
• I chose it on his advice.
• Let me give you a piece of advice.
• Take my advice —don’t get married.
• We were advised to seek legal advice.
• You should follow your doctor’s advice.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French avis, based on Latin ad ‘to’ + visum, past participle of videre ‘to see’. The original sense was ‘way of looking at something, judgement’, which later became ‘an opinion given’.