Word.ws English Dictionary

advices

advices is the plural of advice.

Meaning of advice

Noun

advice (countable and uncountable, plural advices)

  1. (uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
    • She was offered various pieces of advice on what to do.
    Synonyms:
    hint, pointer
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
    • How shall I dote on her with more advice,
    • That thus without advice begin to love her?c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (archaic, commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence.
    • late advices from France
  4. (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
    • An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.
  5. (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange.
    • a letter of advice
  6. (countable) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions.
    • An advice issued by a Monitoring Committee could be applicable in a Dutch court

See all 9 meanings of advice

Phrases with advices

Questions about advices

What is advices the plural of?
Advices is the plural of advice.

Words near advices in the dictionary

  1. advice of delivery
  2. adviceful
  3. adviceless
  4. adviceline
  5. advicelines
  6. advices
  7. advices of delivery
  8. Advie
  9. advieh
  10. adview
  11. adviewed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: advices (page history and authors); advice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “advices.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/advices. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.