- an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: Advice from abroad informs us that the government has fallen.Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous.
- an official notification, especially one pertaining to a business agreement: an overdue advice.
- recommendation as to appropriate choice of action; counsel
- formal notification of facts, esp when communicated from a distance