Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

advertent

/ədˈvɝtn̩t/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-ver-tent
IPA: /ədˈvɝtn̩t/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Not inadvertent; intentional.

Example Sentences

"Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent, lest he should be deceived and transported"
"There is such thing as advertent negligence in which the harm is foreseen as possible or probable."
"Until the 1950s, for judges both the conceptual and terminological identification of advertent risk taking — subjective recklessness — often lay submerged within the amorphous notion of 'malice' [....]"

Etymology

Apparently a back-formation from inadvertent, or a learned borrowing from Latin advertent-, advertens, present participle of advertere, from the verb adverto (“to give or draw attention to”)

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ədˈvɝtn̩t/
British English: /ədˈvɜːtn̩t/

Inflected Forms

more advertent (comparative) most advertent (superlative)

Derived Forms

advertently

Synonyms

deliberate purposeful purposive intentional heedful

Antonyms

inadvertent

Questions

How do you pronounce advertent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ədˈvɝtn̩t/.
What does advertent mean?: Attentive.
Where does advertent come from?: Apparently a back-formation from inadvertent, or a learned borrowing from Latin advertent-, advertens, present participle of advertere, from the verb adverto (“to give or draw attention to”)

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