Dictionary entry details
• ADVISE (verb)
Meaning:
Give advice to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
advise; counsel; rede
Context examples:
The teacher counsels troubled students / The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud
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)
contraindicate (make a treatment inadvisable)
consult (advise professionally)
propound (put forward, as of an idea)
misadvise; misguide (give bad advice to)
tip; tip off (give insider information or advise to)
admonish; discourage; monish; warn (admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior)
deter; dissuade (turn away from by persuasion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot advise Sue
They advise him to write the letter
Meaning:
Inform (somebody) of something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
send word; apprise; apprize; notify; give notice; advise
Context example:
I advised him that the rent was due
Hypernyms (to "advise" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
propose; suggest; advise
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
