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# advise

«advise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to tell them what you think they should do** — 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

verb (advise, advises, advised, advising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To advise someone is to tell them what you think they should do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#m1)

2) To advise can also mean to tell someone officially about something, as in «Passengers are advised to stay seated». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: doctors, teachers and parents advise children; signs advise people to wear helmets or keep away. In stories a wise character advises the hero. Pattern: «advise someone to do something», «advise against something».

### examples

- The doctor advised me to rest for two days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#x1)
- My teacher advised us to check our answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#x2)
- I would advise you not to swim there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#x3)
- Swimmers are advised to stay between the flags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#x4)
- Mum advised against going out in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#x5)
- The old owl advised the young rabbit to be careful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#x6)
- What do you advise me to do? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advise/#x7)

### note

Verb «advise» is spelled with s and sounds like «-ize»; the noun «advice» is spelled with c and sounds like «ice». «Advice» is uncountable: «some advice», «a piece of advice», never «an advice» or «advices». Person: adviser (or advisor).

### In the corpora

- [A tortoise should hibernate only as a vet advises, because wrong hibernation can make it very ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/15/)
- [Many experts advise no screens for about an hour before bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/26/)
- [Rome had two consuls at the top for that very reason, and a Senate of experienced men to advise them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/6/)
- [In the UK the Highway Code advises cyclists to wear a helmet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/16/)
- [Cold sores are caused by a virus spread by close skin contact, so doctors advise against contact sport while a sore is open.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/59-changing-room-germs/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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