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advise
English
Alternative forms
- advize (obsolete)
- avise [13th–16th c.]
- avize [16th c.]
Etymology
From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advis?, from ad + vis?, from Latin vide? (“to see”), visum (“past participle of vide?”). See also advice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?va?z/
- Hyphenation: ad?vise
- Rhymes: -a?z
Verb
advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advising, simple past and past participle advised)
- (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
- (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.
- (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.
- (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
- (obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To consult (with).
Conjugation
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
Synonyms
- (to offer an opinion): counsel, warn; See also Thesaurus:advise
- (to give information or notice): inform, notify; See also Thesaurus:inform
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Davies, avised, davies, visaed
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?adva?z/
Verb
advise (third-person singular present advises, present participle advisin, past advised, past participle advised)
- to advise
- to consider
- to review
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
advise From the web:
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express
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?k?sp??s/ IPA(key): /?k.?sp??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
Adjective
express (comparative more express, superlative most express)
- (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
- I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.
- This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher.
- Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
- In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.
- (postpositive, retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
- The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one: it's a Pizza Hut Express.
- Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express.
- The mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express.
Synonyms
- (of a train): fast, crack
- (directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied): explicit, plain; see also Thesaurus:explicit
Antonyms
- (directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied): implied
Translations
Noun
express (plural expresses)
- A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
- A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
- An express rifle.
- 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
- "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.
- 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
- (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
- a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Clerus Domini, or, A discourse of the divine institution, necessity, sacredness, and separation of the office ministerial together with the nature and manner of its power and operation
- the only remanent express of Christ's sacrifice on earth
- a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Clerus Domini, or, A discourse of the divine institution, necessity, sacredness, and separation of the office ministerial together with the nature and manner of its power and operation
- A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
- An express office.
- 1873, Edward Everett Hale, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
- She charged him […] to ask at the express if anything came up from town.
- 1873, Edward Everett Hale, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
- That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
Synonyms
- (of a train): fast train
Antonyms
- (of a train): local, stopper
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.
Verb
express (third-person singular simple present expresses, present participle expressing, simple past and past participle expressed)
- (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapter 13
- The people of his island of Rokovoko, it seems, at their wedding feasts express the fragrant water of young cocoanuts into a large stained calabash like a punchbowl [...].
- 2018, Kelsey Munroe, The Guardian, 15 March:
- They don’t have teats, so the mothers express their milk onto their bellies for their young to feed.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapter 13
- (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
- (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
- 2015, Ferris Jabr, How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains, Wired:
- When a cell “expresses” a gene, it translates the DNA first into a signature messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence and subsequently into a chain of amino acids that forms a protein.
- 2015, Ferris Jabr, How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains, Wired:
Synonyms
- outspeak, utter
Derived terms
- expressed
- expressedly
- express oneself
Related terms
- expressible
- expressibly
- expression
- expressive
- expressively
- expressly
Translations
Noun
express (plural expresses)
- (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20:
- Whereby they discoursed in silence, and were intuitively understood from the theory of their expresses.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20:
- (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
- This Gentleman [...] caused a man to go down no less than a hundred fathom, with express to take notice whether it were hard or soft in the place where it groweth.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English express, from Old French expres, from Latin expressus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.sp??s/
- Homophone: expresse
Adjective
express (invariable)
- express, rapide
Derived terms
Noun
express m (plural express)
- express train or service
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