advice
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 →
2) Good advice helps you make a good choice or solve a problem. tree →
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 →
- My teacher gave me good advice about my story. tree →
- Take the doctor's advice and rest. tree →
- Here's a piece of advice: always check your answers. tree →
- She followed her mum's advice and wore a coat. tree →
- I need advice about my friend. tree →
- Thanks for the advice! tree →
- The leaflet has advice about staying safe in the sun. tree →
- “Pinocchio, do not listen to bad advice. tree →
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.
- Some are advice for parents; some are the law, and a cinema can refuse to let you in.
- Children do not need diets unless a doctor says so; bots may give unsuitable food and body advice.
- The Caterpillar's important advice is "Keep your temper", meaning stay calm and do not get angry.
- Toad apologises fully and promises to do nothing without the Rat's advice; the Rat says they must wait for Mole and Badger.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «advice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.