How to spell advice

Advice is spelled A-D-V-I-C-E. Advice, the noun, ends -ICE, like ice and price, and it rhymes with nice.

hear itad·vice/æd'vaɪs/nounRules and real life

What it means: A suggestion about what to do.

In a sentence: Remember to listen to your teacher's advice.

Not to be confused with: advise, a different word.

Same family: advise, adviser, advisory, suggestion, recommendation. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Advice” comes from Old French “avis,” meaning “opinion” or “view,” which itself goes back to a phrase meaning “it seems to me.” That’s why advice is basically what someone thinks you should do.

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