advise
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 →
2) To advise can also mean to tell someone officially about something, as in «Passengers are advised to stay seated». tree →
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
- When the Honorable Mayer Sulzberger heard me expressing my views on Hebrew orthography, he advised me to make a study of the Sefer Yetzirah which in his opinion constitutes the earliest Hebrew grammar extant. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom. (Writings PRO.13.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The doctor advised me to rest for two days. tree →
- My teacher advised us to check our answers. tree →
- I would advise you not to swim there. tree →
- Swimmers are advised to stay between the flags. tree →
- Mum advised against going out in the storm. tree →
- The old owl advised the young rabbit to be careful. tree →
- What do you advise me to do? tree →
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
- By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
- A tortoise should hibernate only as a vet advises, because wrong hibernation can make it very ill.
- Many experts advise no screens for about an hour before bed.
- Rome had two consuls at the top for that very reason, and a Senate of experienced men to advise them.
- In the UK the Highway Code advises cyclists to wear a helmet.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «advise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.