advocateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæd.və.keɪt/us/ˈæd.və.keɪt/C2 to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something:
[ + -ing verb ] She advocates taking a more long-term view.
He advocates the return of capital punishment.
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- He was part of an extreme political group that advocated the complete overthrow of the political system.
- Heart disease specialists advocate a diet low in cholesterol.
- His doctor advocated early retirement.
- The author denied that his new book advocated violence.
- Trotsky advocated worlwide revolution.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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advocacy
noun [ U ] uk/ˈæd.və.kə.si/us/ˈæd.və.kə.si/
She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.
advocatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæd.və.kət/us/ˈæd.və.kət/advocate noun [ C ] (LAWYER)
a lawyer who defends someone in a law court
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Lawyers & legal officials
- articled
- attorney
- attorney general
- bailiff
- bar
- coroner
- counsel
- counsellor
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- district attorney
- draftswoman
- I rest my case idiom
- KC
- marshal
- paralegal
- probation officer
- prosecution
- prosecutor
- public defender
- tribune
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advocate noun [ C ] (SUPPORTER)
C2 someone who publicly supports something:
He's a strong advocate of state ownership of the railways.
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Supporters, members & defenders
- -arian
- -ista
- apologist
- apparatchik
- benefactor
- cadre
- camp follower
- campaigner
- cardholder
- champion
- chaperone
- cohort
- company man
- contributor
- evolutionist
- initiate
- new/fresh blood idiom
- referee
- renegade
- stakeholder
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