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Date "well-advised" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references) |
Synonym: Well-advisedSynonym: advised (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: ill-advised (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intelligence Wisdom | Wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious; well-thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised; prudent, politic; expedient. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Well-advised |
| English words defined with "well-advised": advised. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | U.S. manufacturers of dental equipment would be well-advised to bear in mind that the dental health profession in Australia is less commercially-oriented than the profession in the United States. (references) | |
Economic History | Ukraine | U.S. companies would be well-advised to explore opportunities in Ukrainian breweries and micro-breweries, bearing in mind that there is also a strong demand in adjacent CIS and Eastern European markets. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Well-advised" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Well-advised" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "well-advised"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 很好劝告. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 잘 보고하는. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mie-choyrlit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ell-advisedway un plan judicios întocmit (a well-advised plan). (various references) благоразумный (advisable, cannie, canny, discreet, judicious, prudent, prudential, reasonable, sensible, staid, well advised). (various references) khôn (shrewd, wise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 13, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | KakoV meq' ubrewV prassei kaka oi de eautwn epignwmoneV sofoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Inter superbos semper iurgia sunt qui autem agunt cuncta consilio reguntur sapientia |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Among proude men euermor ben striues; who forsothe alle thingis don with counseil, ben gouerned with wisdam. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised is wisdom. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 13, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Tungod sa pagkamapahitas-on modangat lamang ang panagkabingkil; Apan sa maayong tinambagan mao ang kaalam. |
| Croatian | Oholost raða samo svaðu, a mudrost je u onih koji primaju savjet. |
| Danish | Ved Hovmod vækkes kun Splid, hos dem, der lader sig råde, er Visdom. |
| Dutch | Door hovaardigheid maakt men niet dan gekijf; maar bij de beradenen is wijsheid. |
| Finnish | Ylpeys tuottaa pelkkää toraa, mutta jotka ottavat neuvon varteen, niillä on viisaus. |
| French | C`est seulement par orgueil qu`on excite des querelles, Mais la sagesse est avec ceux qui écoutent les conseils. |
| German | Unter den Stolzen ist immer Hader; aber Weisheit ist bei denen, die sich raten lassen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Moun awogan yo toujou ap pouse dife. Men, moun ki koute konsèy, se moun ki gen bon konprann. |
| Hungarian | Csak háborúság lesz a kevélységbõl: azoknál pedig, a kik a tanácsot beveszik, bölcseség van. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keangkuhan hanya menghasilkan pertengkaran; orang yang bijaksana mau menerima ajaran. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dengan congkak diadakan orang tengkar belaka, tetapi hikmat adalah serta dengan orang yang mendapat ikhtiar yang baik. |
| Italian | L'insolenza provoca soltanto contese, la sapienza si trova presso coloro che prendono consiglio. |
| Maori | ¶ He totohe anake i ahu mai i te whakapehapeha: he whakaaro nui ia kei te hunga i nga kupu tika. |
| Norwegian | Ved overmot voldes bare trette, men hos dem som lar sig råde, er visdom. |
| Rumanian | Prin mkndrie se aykyq numai certuri, dar knyelepciunea este cu cel ce ascultq sfaturile. - |
| Russian | пФ ЧЩУПЛПНЕТЙС РТПЙУИПДЙФ ТБЪДПТ, Б Х УПЧЕФХАЭЙИУС--НХДТПУФШ. |
| Spanish | Ciertamente la soberbia producirá contienda, pero con los que admiten consejo está la sabiduría. |
| Swedish | Genom övermod kommer man allenast split åstad, men hos dem som taga emot råd är vishet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-i-l-l-s-v-w" | |
-2 letters: swivelled. | |
-3 letters: alewives, devilled, sidewall, swiveled. | |
-4 letters: advised, advisee, aediles, allseed, dallied, dallies, dawdles, deleads, dellies, deviled, devisal, devised, dialled, dwelled, laddies, sallied, sleaved, swaddle, swelled, swilled, vialled, waddies, waddles, wallies, weevils, wellies, widdles, wielded. | |
-5 letters: addles, advise, aedile, aisled, allees, allied, allies, dalles, davies, dawdle, deasil, deaved, deaves, delead, delved, delves, devels, devils. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 65 6C 6C 2D 61 64 76 69 73 65 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100101 01101100 01101100 00101101 01100001 01100100 01110110 01101001 01110011 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W e l l - a d v i s e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0065 006C 006C 002D 0061 0064 0076 0069 0073 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)577178781567708875857170 |
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