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  • 1advice - advise — ◊ advice Advice is a noun. If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do. One woman went to a psychiatrist for advice. She promised to follow his advice. Advice is an uncount …

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  • 2advice — n. 1) to give, offer advice 2) to act on, follow, take advice 3) to disregard, refuse, turn a deaf ear to advice 4) friendly; good, sage, sensible, sound; misleading; parting; professional; unsolicited advice 5) a bit, piece, word of advice 6)… …

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  • 3advice*/*/*/ — [ədˈvaɪs] noun [U] an opinion that someone gives you about the best thing to do in a particular situation Ask your father for advice.[/ex] We are here to give people advice about health issues.[/ex] I took his advice (= did what he advised) and… …

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  • 4advice */*/*/ — UK [ədˈvaɪs] / US noun [uncountable] Get it right: advice: Advice is an uncountable noun, so: ▪  it is never used in the plural ▪  it never comes after an or a number Wrong: Naomi Wolf gave me a good advice in her book. Right: Naomi Wolf gave me… …

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  • 5advice — ad|vice [ əd vaıs ] noun uncount *** an opinion that someone gives you about the best thing to do in a particular situation: You can always contact your teacher for advice and support. Ask your father for advice. advice on/about: We are here to… …

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  • 6Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress — is a letter by Benjamin Franklin dated June 25, 1745 in which Franklin counsels a young man about channeling sexual urges. Due to its licentious nature the letter was not published in collections of Franklin s papers in the United States during… …

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  • 7Advice (computer science) — In aspect and functional programming, advice describes a class of functions which modify other functions when the latter are run; it is a certain function, method or procedure that is to be applied at a given join point of a program.The following …

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  • 8Advice and consent — For the novel, see Advise and Consent. For the 1962 film starring Henry Fonda, see Advise and Consent (film). Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts,… …

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  • 9advice — /ad vuys /, n. 1. an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice. 2. a communication, esp. from a distance, containing information: Advice from abroad informs us that the government has fallen …

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  • 10advice — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ constructive, excellent, good, helpful, practical, sensible, sound, useful, valuable ▪ That s very sound adv …

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