advices

advices — noun

1. suggestions from one or more people about what someone should do or choose

1.nounC1
Definition

suggestions from one or more people about what someone should do or choose

Example

The committee read the doctor's written advices before changing the safety rules.

written advices before a decision

Legal advices from two firms helped Beatriz choose a safer contract.

legal advices from professionals

Common collocations
  • written advices
  • legal advices
  • advices on a topic
Synonyms
  • recommendations

    more neutral and common in modern standard English

  • guidance

    often broader and less item-by-item

  • counsel

    more formal and often linked to careful judgment

Grammar Patterns

advices on/about + topic

Usage Note

Mostly formal or regional. In everyday English, people usually use uncountable advice instead of advices for general recommendations.

Common Mistakes

She gave me many advices before the interview.
She gave me a lot of advice before the interview.
In everyday English, advice is usually uncountable; advices is much more restricted.

2. messages that give people new information or warn them that something has change

2.nounC1
Definition

messages that give people new information or warn them that something has changed

Example

The port office sent storm advices to every fishing boat by noon.

send advices to a group

By Friday, parents had received advices about next week's bus changes.

Common collocations
  • storm advices
  • travel advices
  • health advices
Synonyms
  • notices

    the broad everyday term for official messages

  • advisories

    often used for warnings about safety, travel, or weather

  • alerts

    usually more urgent than advices

Grammar Patterns

advices about/on + event or change

Usage Note

Used for official or institutional notices. Distinguish this sense from noun/3, which is tied to a payment, shipment, or similar transaction.

3. formal documents or messages that confirm a payment, shipment, or similar busine

3.nounC2
Definition

formal documents or messages that confirm a payment, shipment, or similar business deal

Example

The bank emailed remittance advices after each overseas payment.

remittance advices

Warehouse staff matched the shipping advices with the arriving boxes.

shipping advices

Common collocations
  • remittance advices
  • shipping advices
  • payment advices
  • customs advices
Synonyms

Grammar Patterns

advices for a payment or shipment

Usage Note

Common in banking, shipping, and trade paperwork. Unlike noun/2, this sense points to notices linked to a specific transaction.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

For noun/1, advices is a marked plural form meaning separate recommendations. In modern everyday English, advice is far more common and is usually uncountable: you ask for advice, give advice, or follow advice. Recommendation is clearer when you want one specific proposal, especially in reports or meetings. Guidance is broader and often covers ongoing help rather than a set of distinct suggestions. Counsel is more formal and often suggests careful judgment from an expert or senior person. Use advices mainly in formal, regional, or document-style contexts when the speaker is treating the suggestions as separate items. In ordinary conversation, most learners should prefer advice or recommendation instead.

advice ↗recommendation ↗guidance ↗counsel ↗

Etymology

LatinOld FrenchAnglo-FrenchEnglish

Advices is the plural form of advice. English took advice from Anglo-French and Old French words connected with opinion, judgment, and what someone thinks should be done. The singular advice became the normal everyday form in standard English, while the plural advices survived in narrower formal, regional, and business uses where separate recommendations or notices are counted one by one.

First known use

14th century

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1