advice

The definition of advice is a recommendation provided to serve as a guide to handle a situation.

(noun)

An example of advice is the suggestion to avoid dating a guy with a bad reputation.

See advice in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME avis < OFr < ML advisum < advisus, pp. of advidere < L ad-, at + videre, to look

See advice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel.
Information communicated; news. Often used in the plural: advices from an ambassador.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English avis, advice

Origin: , from Old French avis

Origin: , from (ester) a vis, to seem

Origin: : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-)

Origin: + vis, seen (from Latin vīsum, what seems (good), from neuter past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots)

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