Parties have to make decisions involving millions of dollars based on incomplete information; to help make those decisions, they inevitably seek advice from pollsters they trust. Noam Scheiber, New Republic, 24 Feb. 2003Of all the e-mail advice I've received about my herniated disk, from acupuncture to zen, the most immediately applicable has been this: Channel your daily rage away from your spine. Robert Lipsyte, New York Times, 21 July 2002 My advice is to sell your old car and get a new one. Take my advice and sell your old car. He needs advice from an expert. She's been giving him some expert advice about investing. “May I ask your advice about something?” “Certainly. I'm always happy to give advice when asked for it.” See More
Recent Examples on the WebThat would make excellent advice for next year’s Emmy Night. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2022 Perhaps similar advice might be offered to Democrats running for re-election this fall. James Freeman, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 People made videos lip-synching to Barrymore’s advice, or pretending to be a neighbor peering out the window at her rain prancing. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022 Welcome to Pandemic Problems, an advice column that aims to help Bay Area residents solve their pandemic and post-pandemic conundrums — personal, practical or professional. Chronicle Advice Team, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022 The program also offers advice on starting and maintaining sustainable community gardens for the benefit of local residents.San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 This contained general parental advice, along with patterns mothers could use to sew their own maternity clothes. John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022 These harsh policies—adopted against Catherine’s advice—sparked a March 1560 conspiracy that aimed to replace the Guise brothers with Louis, Prince of Condé, a leading Protestant of the House of Bourbon. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022 Despite her well-deserved reputation as a traditionalist, Elizabeth also understood the power and the importance of the emerging medium, and had insisted, against advice, that cameras be allowed inside Westminster Abbey for the first time.Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English avis, avise, advis, advise "thought, judgment, opinion," borrowed from Anglo-French avis, avise, advis, from the phrase a vis "apparent" (in ce m'est a vis "that appears to me"), from a "to, at, in" (going back to Latin ad) + vis, in part from the noun vis "field of vision, sense of sight, face" (going back to Latin vīsus, verbal noun from vidēre "to see"), in part from the Old French phrase ço m'est vis "that seems to me," continuing Latin mihi est vīsum (with neuter past participle of vidēre) — more at at entry 1, wit entry 2