Definitions for advocate
ˈæd vəˌkeɪt; -kɪt, -ˌkeɪtad·vo·cate

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. advocate, advocator, proponent, exponentnoun

   a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

2. advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleaderverb

   a lawyer who pleads cases in court

3. recommend, urge, advocateverb

   push for something

   "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

4. preach, advocateverb

   speak, plead, or argue in favor of

   "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. advocatenoun

   Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

   Etymology: From avocat, from advocatus, past participle of advocare.

2. advocatenoun

   Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.

   Etymology: From avocat, from advocatus, past participle of advocare.

3. advocatenoun

   A person who speaks in support of something.

   Etymology: From avocat, from advocatus, past participle of advocare.

4. advocatenoun

   A person who supports someone to make their voice heard, or ideally to speak up for themselves.

   Since she started working with her advocate she has become much more confident.

   Etymology: From avocat, from advocatus, past participle of advocare.

5. advocateverb

   To argue for someone else.

   Etymology: From avocat, from advocatus, past participle of advocare.

6. advocateverb

   To encourage support for something.

   I like trees, but I do not advocate living in them.

   Etymology: From avocat, from advocatus, past participle of advocare.

Wikipedia(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Advocate

   An advocate is a professional or in the field of law. Different countries' legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, in Scottish, South African, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Polish, Israeli, South Asian and South American jurisdictions, "advocate" indicates a lawyer of superior classification."Advocate" is in some languages an honorific for lawyers, such as "Adv. Sir Alberico Gentili". "Advocate" also has the everyday meaning of speaking out to help someone else, such as patient advocacy or the support expected from an elected politician; those senses are not covered by this article.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Advocatenoun

   one who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor

   Etymology: [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.]

2. Advocatenoun

   one who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth

   Etymology: [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.]

3. Advocatenoun

   christ, considered as an intercessor

   Etymology: [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.]

4. Advocatenoun

   to plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly

   Etymology: [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.]

5. Advocateverb

   to act as advocate

   Etymology: [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Advocate

   An advocate is a type of professional lawyer in several different legal systems. These include Scotland, Belgium, South Africa, India, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. The broad equivalent in many English law-based jurisdictions is "barrister".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Advocate

   ad′vo-kāt, n. an intercessor or defender: one who pleads the cause of another, esp. in a court of law in Scotland and France.—v.t. to plead in favour of: to recommend.—ns. Advocā′tion; Ad′vocator.—Lord Advocate, the first law-officer of the crown and public prosecutor of crimes for Scotland. [O. Fr. avocat—L. advocatus—advocāre, -ātum—ad, to, vocāre, to call: to call in (another to help, as in a lawsuit or in sickness).]

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1. • Suggest
   • Urge

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'advocate' in Verbs Frequency: #801

Anagrams for advocate »

1. avocated

How to pronounce advocate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of advocate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of advocate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of advocate in a Sentence

1. John Adams:

   Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against wrong. A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the latent spark... If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?

2. Meredith Kelly:

   F. senator Gillibrand proudly earned an' F' rating from The NRA a decade ago, and has been a passionate advocate for critical reforms to address the scourge of gun violence across our country ever since.

3. Marcel Aubut:

   It is time to make it crystal clear. I am officially declaring that I will use the full power of my office to lead and advocate for Toronto's candidacy to hold the 2024 Olympic Games, this is it.

4. Dori Bernstein:

   The Justices realize pretty early in an argument when an advocate doesn't understand what he is being asked, john understands exactly what they are asking him and knows how to respond to their concerns.

5. Anne Hathaway:

   To make the case for how this will increase opportunities for women, we needed an advocate who had the intellect and passion to tackle this complex issue. Within moments of meeting Anne, I realized that we had found our woman.

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