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1. (v.t.) advocate
to support or urge by argument; recommend publicly:
to advocate higher salaries for teachers.
2. (n.) advocate
a person who speaks or writes in support of a cause, person, etc. (usu. fol. by of):
an advocate of military intervention.
3. advocate
a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor.
4. advocate
a person who pleads the cause of another in a court of law.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME avocat < MF < L advocātus legal counselor, orig. ptp. of advocāre to call to one's aid)
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| Definition of 'advocate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
2. (verb) advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
3. (verb) recommend, urge, advocate
push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
4. (verb) preach, advocate
speak, plead, or argue in favor of
"The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
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1. (verb) advocate
to encourage others to support an idea
groups advocating change
2. (noun) advocate
sb who advocates an idea
environmental advocates
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| Definition of 'advocate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) advocate
one who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor
2. (noun) advocate
one who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth
3. (noun) advocate
christ, considered as an intercessor
4. (noun) advocate
to plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly
5. (verb) advocate
to act as advocate
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Sense: a supporter, a person who is in favour (of)
an advocate of reform.
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 Afrikaans: voorstander |
 Arabic: مُؤَيِّد، مُنَاصِر |
 Bulgarian: защитник |
 Brazilian: defensor |
 Czech: obhájce |
 German: der/die Fürsprecher(in), |
 Danish: fortaler; forkæmper |
 Greek: υπέρμαχος |
 Spanish: defensor |
 Estonian: toetaja |
 Farsi: مدافع؛ طرفدار |
 Finnish: kannattaja |
 French: défenseur |
 Hebrew: תוֹמֵך, סָנֵגוֹר |
 Hindi: वकील |
 Croatian: odvjetnik |
 Hungarian: szószóló |
 Indonesian: penganjur, penyokong |
 Icelandic: talsmaður |
 Italian: sostenitore, sostenitrice |
 Japanese: 主唱者 |
 Korean: 지지자 |
 Lithuanian: rėmėjas, šalininkas |
 Latvian: aizstāvis; piekritējs |
 Malay: penasihat |
 Dutch: voorstander |
 Norwegian: forkjemper, talsmann |
 Polish: rzecznik |
 Persian: مدافع؛ طرفدار |
 Pashto: مدافع، طرفدار |
 Portuguese: defensor |
 Romanian: adept, susţinător |
 Russian: сторонник |
 Slovak: obhajca, -kyňa |
 Slovenian: zagovornik |
 Serbian: advokat |
 Swedish: förespråkare, försvarare |
 Thai: ผู้ให้การสนับสนุน |
 Turkish: savunucu, taraftar |
 Taiwanese: 提倡者 |
 Ukrainian: прихильник, прибічник |
 Urdu: حامی ، حمایتی، وکیل |
 Vietnamese: người ủng hộ |
 Chinese: 提倡者，拥护者 |
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