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life advice

life advice

3 3.2
Tips to help someone make choices about their personal life
  • noun
translation icon : consejos de vida
  • Hey Basties, Today we're going to talk about the best piece of life advice I've ever been given.
  • real-life advice

I'm just giving solid life advice.

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Examples

  • Not always, but here is some great life advice I have learned over the last decade.

  • What's some of the best life advice you've ever received?

  • You should never take life advice from somebody who does not, you know, have like the life that you want.

  • I was just giving you some general life advice.

  • What is the best life advice you've received?

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  • The site also has career and college life advice via the library, which assists students in their transition into college and the career of their choice.

    Academic text (2007)
  • And that's why your your advice there is so unbelievably important and powerful because it is life advice for us all.

  • He ended with more general life advice about how you shouldn't focus on those long-term goals, something I had been brainwashed into doing my entire adolescent and early adult life.

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  • One of the best pieces of life advice I ever received was to always trust my instincts.

  • He often shares valuable life advice that helps his friends navigate tough times.

Synonyms

advice
vslife advice
1.0

An opinion or suggestion about what someone should do

is focused on personal decisions and close personal challenges rather than any situation
counseling
vslife advice
  • Specialized
331 3.7

Help and advice from a trained person to deal with personal or emotional problems

is nonprofessional recommendations for personal decisions rather than a formal process
guidance
vslife advice
248 2.1

Help or advice that someone gives to decide what to do

is aimed specifically at personal choices and challenges rather than general problems
sage advice
vslife advice
6 4.2

Helpful and careful words that show good sense

is less about deep wisdom and more general personal decision help
wise counsel
vslife advice
3 4.6

Good advice from someone who has a lot of experience

is broader personal recommendations not always tied to expert experience
life coaching
vslife advice
3 4.8

Help that lets people set and reach personal or work goals

focuses on day-to-day personal decisions and challenges rather than goal achievement

How Helpful

counsel
132 4.4
guidance
248 2.1
life advice
3 3.2
advice
1.0
suggestion
759 1.4

Surface Forms

life advice singular
life advices plural

Morphology

life + advice

The meaning 'guidance about one’s personal life' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'life' (a person’s way of living) with 'advice' (guidance). This simple compositional noun–noun phrase follows a common cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Life advice is like a friend handing you a small map or lamp when you walk on a dark path. Here life is the path and advice is the map, so the phrase means 'help with decisions and problems'.