a piece of advice

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• advice - advise — ◊ advice Advice is a noun. If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do. One woman went to a psychiatrist for advice. She promised to follow his advice. Advice is an uncount …   Useful english dictionary

• advice — ad‧vice [ədˈvaɪs] noun 1. [uncountable] information given to someone, especially by an expert, so that they know what to do and can make the right decision: • She will remain on the board and provide financial advice to the company. • a law firm… …   Financial and business terms

• piece — 1 noun (C) 1 SEPARATE PART a part of something that has been separated, broken, or cut from the rest of it: She cut the cake into pieces. (+ of): How many pieces of toast would you like? | pieces of broken glass | in pieces (=broken into many… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• advice — ad|vice [ədˈvaıs] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: avis opinion , probably from ce m est a vis that appears to me ] an opinion you give someone about what they should do advice on/about ▪ There s lots of advice in the book on baby… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• advice — noun (U) an opinion you give someone about what they should do (+ on/about): There s lots of advice in the book on baby care. | give advice: Can you give me some advice about buying a house? | legal/medical/professional advice etc (=advice from… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• piece — piece1 W1S1 [pi:s] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount)¦ 2¦(part)¦ 3¦(single item)¦ 4¦(small amount)¦ 5¦(land)¦ 6 fall to pieces 7 go to pieces 8 smash/rip/tear something to pieces 9 pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• piece — [[t]pi͟ːs[/t]] ♦♦ pieces, piecing, pieced 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A piece of something is an amount of it that has been broken off, torn off, or cut off. ...a piece of cake. ...a piece of wood. ...a few words scrawled on a piece of paper... Cut… …   English dictionary

• advice */*/*/ — UK [ədˈvaɪs] / US noun [uncountable] Get it right: advice: Advice is an uncountable noun, so: ▪  it is never used in the plural ▪  it never comes after an or a number Wrong: Naomi Wolf gave me a good advice in her book. Right: Naomi Wolf gave me… …   English dictionary

• Advice (computer science) — In aspect and functional programming, advice describes a class of functions which modify other functions when the latter are run; it is a certain function, method or procedure that is to be applied at a given join point of a program.The following …   Wikipedia

• advice — ad|vice [ əd vaıs ] noun uncount *** an opinion that someone gives you about the best thing to do in a particular situation: You can always contact your teacher for advice and support. Ask your father for advice. advice on/about: We are here to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• advice*/*/*/ — [ədˈvaɪs] noun [U] an opinion that someone gives you about the best thing to do in a particular situation Ask your father for advice.[/ex] We are here to give people advice about health issues.[/ex] I took his advice (= did what he advised) and… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English