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ad·vis·a·ble

(ăd-vī′zə-bəl)

adj.

Worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent.

ad·vis′a·bil′i·ty, ad·vis′a·ble·ness n.

ad·vis′a·bly adv.

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advisable

(ədˈvaɪzəbəl)

adj

worthy of recommendation; prudent; sensible

adˈvisably adv

adˌvisaˈbility, adˈvisableness n

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ad•vis•a•ble

(ædˈvaɪ zə bəl)

adj.

1. recommended or wise, as a course of action.

2. open to or desirous of advice.

[1640–50]

ad•vis`a•bil′i•ty, n.

ad•vis′a•bly, adv.

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Adj.

advisable - worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; "such action is neither necessary nor advisable"; "extreme caution is advisable"; "it is advisable to telephone first"

prudent - careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"

wise - having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

inadvisable, unadvisable - not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable"

advisable

adjective wise, seemly, sound, suggested, fitting, fit, politic, recommended, appropriate, suitable, sensible, proper, profitable, desirable, apt, prudent, expedient, judicious It is advisable to book your hotel in advance.
stupid, silly, inappropriate, unfitting, unsuitable, undesirable, improper, unwise, unprofitable, unseemly, ill-advised, unsound, imprudent, injudicious, impolitic, inexpedient

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advisable

adjective

Worth doing, especially for practical reasons:

expedient, recommendable, well.

Translations

مُسْتَحْسَن

vhodný

tilrådelig

ratsam

ενδεδειγμένος

aconsejable conveniente

suositeltava

conseillé recommandable

preporučljiv

ráîlegur

consigliabile

賢明な

권할 만한

tillrådlig

ควรแก่การแนะนำ

akıllıcaakla uygunyerinde

nên làm

可取的明智的

advisable

[ədˈvaɪzəbl] ADJ → aconsejable, conveniente
it would be advisable to + INFIN → sería aconsejable + infin, sería conveniente + infin
if you think it advisable → si le parece bien

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

advisable

[ədˈvaɪzəb^əl] adj → recommandé(e)
it is advisable to do ... → il est recommandé de faire ...
it would be advisable to do ... → il serait prudent de faire ...

advisable

adj → ratsam, empfehlenswert

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

advisable

[ədˈvaɪzəbl] adj → consigliabile, raccomandabile
I do not think it advisable for you to come → non le consiglierei di venire

advice

(ədˈvais) noun

suggestions to a person about what he should do. You must seek legal advice if you want a divorce; Let me give you a piece of advice.

advise (ədˈvaiz) verb

1. to give advice to; to recommend. My lawyer advises me to buy the house.

2. (with of) to inform. This letter is to advise you of our interest in your proposal.

adˈvisable adjective

(of actions) wise. The doctor does not think it advisable for you to drink alcohol.

adˌvisaˈbility noun

adˈviser, adˈvisor noun

a person who advises.

adˈvisory adjective

giving advice. an advisory leaflet; He acted in an advisory capacity.

advice is a noun and never used in the plural: to give advice / a piece of advice / some advice .
advise is a verb: He advises us not to go .

advisable

→ مُسْتَحْسَن vhodný tilrådelig ratsam ενδεδειγμένος aconsejable suositeltava recommandable preporučljiv consigliabile 賢明な 권할 만한 raadzaam tilrådelig wskazany aconselhável рекомендуемый tillrådlig ควรแก่การแนะนำ akıllıca nên làm 可取的

advisable

a. recomendable, conveniente.

References in periodicals archive ?

"If these ideas be destined, as I believe they are, to be more and more firmly established as the world grows older; if that spirit be fated, as I believe it is, to extend itself into all departments of human thought, and to become co-extensive with the range of knowledge; if, as our race approaches its maturity, it discovers, as I believe it will, that there is but one kind of knowledge and but one method of acquiring it; then we, who are still children, may justly feel it our highest duty to recognise the advisableness of improving natural knowledge, and so to aid ourselves and our successors in our course towards the noble goal which lies before mankind" (Thomas Huxley, "On Improving Natural Knowledge," in Collected Essays, vol.