advised

1. 1
   adjective

   Informed about a matter, or made aware of it.

   All staff should be advised of the new security procedures by Friday.

   She kept the board fully advised throughout the negotiations.

   Similarinformed, apprised

   Oppositeuninformed, unaware

   Note

   Behind this sense is the formal use of advise, meaning to give information or notice. It usually follows be or keep and takes of for the matter in question: advised of the changes, kept fully advised. That position separates it from the "deliberate" adjective, which tends to come before its noun.

2. 2
   adjective

   Carefully considered and arrived at through deliberation rather than haste.

   The committee's advised decision reflected months of debate and review.

   She took an advised approach, weighing every option before committing.

   Similarconsidered, deliberate, careful

   Oppositehasty, rash, impulsive

   Note

   Here the adjective keeps the inward meaning of the verb: to advise can also mean simply to consider or deliberate, so an advised plan is one that has been thought over. It is gradable, with more advised and most advised, so it can measure how much deliberation went in. It sits most naturally before its noun, as in an advised decision.

3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of advise.

   Her lawyer advised caution before she signed the contract.

   The committee advised against raising the membership fees.

   Note

   A regular verb, so one spelling serves the past tense (she advised caution) and the participle (she has advised, she was advised). Its everyday uses are transitive, taking a person or a course of action as object. Older texts can surprise a reader: advised could mean looked at, and advised with meant consulted. Both senses are now obsolete.

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