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advocate English

Meaning advocate meaning

What does advocate mean?
Definitions in simple English

advocate Noun

— An advocate is someone who recommends something. She is a strong advocate for children's right to education. — An advocate is someone who speaks for someone else, especially a lawyer in court. Volunteers are needed to act as advocates for people with mental health problems. Only qualified lawyers may act as advocates in the Crown Court.

advocate Verb

— If you advocate something, you recommend it. We wish for freedom, but cannot advocate the use of violence. The Government wants to adopt the approach advocated by Professor David Pearce.

advocate

— verb (= recommend) push for something The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day — noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea — verb speak, plead, or argue in favor of The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house — noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Synonyms advocate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as advocate?

advocate English » English

lawyer attorney barrister proponent defender counsel supporter pleader solicitor recommend exponent champion preach advocator upholder spokesman promote adherent support follower defend apologist vindicator urge representative plead counselor-at-law zealot think highly of surrogate substitute sponsor spokeswoman proxy propose proctor persuade partisan maintain interceder in favor of ideologist friend explain espouse endorse disciple deputy delegate deem

Topics advocate topics

What do people use advocate to talk about?
Language and thought Want Influence

Advise
Language and thought Want Influence

Persuade
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Protect
Social behavior

Law
Social behavior Law Court of law

Legal personnel
Social behavior Law Trial

Defend against accusation
Language and thought Think Opinion

Approve of something

Conjugation advocate conjugation

How do you conjugate advocate?

advocate · verb

Examples advocate examples

How do I use advocate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.
More and more environmentalists advocate and use environmentally friendly unleaded petrol in cars.
I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
I'm playing the devil's advocate.
China is an advocate for the Diaoyu Island's sovereignty.
The disabled considered her their best advocate.
He has consistently been an advocate for the poor and downtrodden.

Movie subtitles

Background on Maureen Moffatt, lived alone for a long time, always a strong advocate for Evan and his mayoralty aspirations, worked like a Trojan but liked to party. She had a penchant for fancy dress.
Why, Garth's not an advocate.
Let the rich and powerful advocate peace.
Mr. Advocate General, you may proceed.
No, the advocate general is still speaking.
Now, tenderness, that is what I advocate.
I did not expect to hear the devil's advocate at your table.
I've been appointed your defense counsel by the judge advocate general.
The trial judge advocate will now swear in the court and read the charge.
The trial judge advocate will call the first witness.
Well, if the trial judge advocate is aware of that clause, I ask why this opportunity was never afforded to Col. Mitchell.
By God who raised me to this careful height. from that contented hap which I enjoyed. I never did incense his majesty against the duke of Clarence. but have been an earnest advocate to plead for him.
May it please the tribunal. it is not only a great honor. but also a great challenge. for an advocate. to aid this tribunal in its task.
In view of the continued and obstinate silence of the accused the court appoints Lucius Catanus advocate of the defense.
He was a vigorous advocate of socialism, feminism, evolutionism, nationalism and the advancement of science.
The advocate goes to bed now, with all his sorrows.
No, it's the advocate.
I'll write right away to my advocate in London to transfer my money to your bank.
I'm an advocate of free trade.
It also happens that a very well known advocate is a close personal friend of the family's.
We're friends of the advocate.
The advocate is ill. Ill?
Miss would you be kind enough to leave us alone for a while. I must speak to the advocate on personal business.
There's a tiny skylight up high some other advocate to hoist you up on his back.
I can't see that the famous advocate Hastler is doing anything for me except encourage the delay.
So I get rid of the advocate I can draw up my own plan and keep after the officials myself.
The advocate is ill.
I must speak to the advocate on personal business.
Yes, she must be in the kitchen making soup for the advocate.
Nothing. I just have to pay a little attention to him because he's one of the advocate's best clients.
If you really want to see the advocate I'll tell him you're here.
So you are one of the advocate's clients?
You're a. You're one of the advocate's clients.
They even say that he's a better advocate for. business, right, than for. the other kind.

News and current affairs

I am aware that Judge Goldstone, a dedicated and unimpeachable human rights lawyer and advocate, shared similar concerns when he was initially approached.
The confederation I advocate would thus constitute an intermediate stage (lasting five or ten years), at the end of which Kosovo is likely to become fully independent.
Those who advocate leaving globalization exclusively in the hands of the private sector may resent the idea of vesting tax-raising authority in a global agency.
He has been a forthright spokesman for women's rights and a champion of environmental concerns, as well as a formidable advocate in arguing for debt reduction for the most heavily indebted nations.
The poor around the world may feel poorer from losing him as their champion and advocate.
Indonesia's courts are cleaner at the top, and the Head of the Supreme Court is a staunch advocate of democracy and press freedom.
I advocate a concerted effort by developed democracies to foster the development of democracy in less developed parts of the world.
She has been an outspoken advocate of financial-sector reforms, and has won the respect of all of those with whom she has worked.
Indeed, none of it has an advocate of the stature of Delors.
In developed countries, too, many advocate a greater role for the state, in order to ensure that promised social benefits are delivered to rapidly aging populations.
They advocate slashing government spending, naively believing that the private sector will somehow magically fill the void.
How can advice on democratic reforms be taken seriously when the multilateral institutions that offer it do not subscribe to the same standards of openness, transparency, and participation that they advocate?
Bernard Kouchner, France's new foreign minister, has a long and distinguished record as an advocate of intervention in countries where human rights are abused.
Kouchner did not advocate Western intervention in Bosnia or Kosovo because of Israel.
Fortunately, there are voices in America and elsewhere that advocate engaging Iran at the highest level.
Those who advocate fiscal decentralization and deregulation in China should think about establishing real local fiscal accountability first.
The Austrian Government will also support open access to archives in federal agencies and advocate a similar policy for non-governmental entities.
Others continue to advocate for national reconciliation.
America's moral authority as an advocate of human rights depends on its own respect for human rights.
I advocate a strong Europe that embraces the challenges of a relentlessly changing world.
The government's renewed focus on such a target is thus another indication that the global economic crisis has strengthened those Chinese officials and intellectuals who advocate a socialist system.
But when he and others advocate it to the exclusion of alternatives, they end up communicating a vastly exaggerated degree of confidence about what course of action is required.
None of it has been very successful. Indeed, none of it has an advocate of the stature of Delors.

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