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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.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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: , , , , ,
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
- ˌ屹ˈٴǰ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- v·t adjective
- v·tǰ noun
- ԴDz·v·ٱ noun
- ·v·ٱ noun
- ·v·ٱ verb (used with object) preadvocated preadvocating
- ·v·ٱ verb (used with object) readvocated readvocating
- ܲ·v·ٱ noun
- ܲ·v·e adjective
- ɱ-v·e adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of advocate1
Example Sentences
Newsom has advocated for the return of one asylum seeker who was sent, without charge or trial, to spend the rest of his life in a Salvadoran hellscape.
Anton added that Francis had called no matter what the circumstance — whether there was shooting, or bombardments or fighting, and he never tired of advocating for the church in Gaza.
The rules have put some undocumented families in a desperate situation, leaving children who crossed the border unaccompanied languishing for months in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the advocates say.
“The economy does best when government doesn’t pick winners and losers,” said Wayne Winegarden, senior fellow of business and economics at Pacific Research Institute, a California-based think tank that advocates for free markets.
English Football League chairman Rick Parry has been an advocate for an independent regulator, but the Premier League fears it could impact on competitiveness and investment.
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