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advocate
[ verb ad-vuh-keyt; noun ad-vuh-kit, -keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly:
He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
verb (used without object)
- to act as an advocate:
a father who advocates for his disabled child.
noun
- a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc. (usually followed by of ):
an advocate of peace.
- a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor.
- a person who pleads the cause of another in a court of law.
Synonyms: solicitor, barrister, counsel, counselor, attorney, lawyer
advocate
verb
- tr; may take a clause as object to support or recommend publicly; plead for or speak in favour of
noun
- a person who upholds or defends a cause; supporter
- a person who intercedes on behalf of another
- Scots law the usual word for barrister
Derived Forms
- ˌadvoˈcatory, adjective
Other Words From
- advo·cative adjective
- advo·cator noun
- non·advo·cate noun
- pre·advo·cate noun
- pre·advo·cate verb (used with object) preadvocated preadvocating
- re·advo·cate verb (used with object) readvocated readvocating
- sub·advo·cate noun
- un·advo·cated adjective
- well-advo·cated adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of advocate1
Example Sentences
I am fighting that quota because I am an advocate of competition.
As a well-known advocate for Baluch rights in Iran, young Iranians reach out to him for advice.
He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.
Another step is to require a lawyer or advocate present during questioning of people with ID.
How, then, are LGBT people to advocate for their rights (civil, human, or otherwise) if they cannot even identify themselves?
Few, however, can now be found who do not advocate utilization of the principle to a greater or less degree in every organ.
Alexis Normand, advocate of the parliament of Paris, died; justly celebrated for his love of justice.
The day before her trial, her advocate, Chauveau de la Garde, visited her to consult respecting her defense.
Philip Livingston, a signer and a strenuous advocate for the declaration of independence, died.
He was the advocate of experimental rather than theoretical systems of medicine, and early adopted the practice of inoculation.
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