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# advice

«advice» in Mova's school dictionary: **an idea or opinion someone gives you about what you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (advice — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Advice is an idea or opinion someone gives you about what you should do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#m1)

2) Good advice helps you make a good choice or solve a problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children ask parents, teachers, doctors or friends for advice; in feelings lessons, asking for advice is a smart and brave thing to do. In safety, a doctor's or pharmacist's advice about medicine must be followed. In writing lessons, advice columns and leaflets give tips. Phrases: give advice, take someone's advice, ask for advice, a piece of advice, follow advice, good advice.

### examples

- Can I ask you for some advice? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x1)
- My teacher gave me good advice about my story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x2)
- Take the doctor's advice and rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x3)
- Here's a piece of advice: always check your answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x4)
- She followed her mum's advice and wore a coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x5)
- I need advice about my friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x6)
- Thanks for the advice! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x7)
- The leaflet has advice about staying safe in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x8)
- “Pinocchio, do not listen to bad advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: «some advice» or «a piece of advice», never «an advice» or «advices». Advice (noun, ends in -ice, «ad-VYCE») vs advise (verb, ends in -ise or -ize, «ad-VYZE»): «I advise you to rest; that is my advice».

### In the corpora

- [Debt advice charities give free, private help to make a plan for paying debts back at a pace the family can manage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/21/)
- [Some are advice for parents; some are the law, and a cinema can refuse to let you in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/9/)
- [Children do not need diets unless a doctor says so; bots may give unsuitable food and body advice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/8/)
- [The Caterpillar's important advice is "Keep your temper", meaning stay calm and do not get angry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar/11/)
- [Toad apologises fully and promises to do nothing without the Rat's advice; the Rat says they must wait for Mole and Badger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «advice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.