Advised

How to spell advised

7 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce advised

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does advised mean?

1. verbOffered someone a recommendation or guidance about what they should do.
2. verbFormally notified or informed someone of a fact or decision.

Advised in a sentence

• The accountant advised her to keep every receipt for the tax year.

• The bank advised all customers that the branch would close at noon.

• His doctor advised him to cut back on salt and walk every morning.

• She advised the committee of her decision to resign in writing.

Where does advised come from?

Language of origin: French

This word descends from the verb 'advise', which English took from the Old French 'aviser', meaning 'to consider, to look at, or to inform'. That French verb traces back to the Latin phrase 'ad visum', literally 'according to what is seen', built on 'videre', 'to see'. The original idea was of forming a view and then sharing it, which is exactly how advising still works: you weigh a situation and offer your considered opinion. The silent 'd' crept into the English spelling during the Renaissance, when scholars reshaped many words to flag their Latin ancestry, so 'avise' became 'advise'. A useful spelling reminder is that the verb takes 's' (advise, advised) while the related noun 'advice' takes 'c', since the two are pronounced and spelled differently.

How the word is built

• ad- (to, toward)
• vis (from Latin videre: to see)
• -ed (past tense / participle suffix)