advocate
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈæd.və.keɪt/
- As music educators, we must act as advocates for ourselves and our content area.
- rights advocates
- a strong advocate
- advocates and policymakers
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- And so they obviously know that I'm an advocate of huge goals.
- And the biggest advocates of sport became fathers.
- Please welcome animal rescue advocate Victoria Lily Schaefer.
- But you see, I'm an advocate of, of regular normal speech.
- Dozens of these high level censorship thought leaders, advocates, activists, legal scholars.
- So overall, big blow to advocates of immigration.
- And Fioridi, who's a prominent advocate in favour of choice for women.
- So, so yeah, I'm a big advocate of that, you know, cold therapy sauna.
- And Matt is a great advocate of the how and the why of sleep.
- They're caught up in this felony murder conviction. And she's become an advocate now for that
- You see, This is why free speech advocates are wrong.
Examples
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I am a great advocate of buying and owning physical gold, not paper gold.
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James Garfield was an outspoken advocate of the gold standard.
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And so, you know, he was this big advocate of of freedom.
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And Matt is a great advocate of the how and the why of sleep.
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And so they obviously know that I'm an advocate of huge goals.
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So we want women to know to be advocates for themselves.
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But now I'm such a huge advocate of doing the work.
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The aim is to encourage people to become advocates and spread the word.
Academic text (2011) -
Both home and school must be strong advocates and believe that children can do well in mathematics.
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As an environmentalist, she has always been a passionate advocate for sustainable living.
Synonyms
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2.5
A person who campaigns for political or social change
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5.2
A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause
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3.7
A person who strongly supports a cause or another person
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7.9
A person who argues for a belief or policy
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5.6
A person who campaigns strongly for social or political change
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6.6
A person who supports a party, leader, or idea and helps promote it
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3.2
A person who supports and promotes a team, player, or cause
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4.2
A person who supports and encourages a cause or idea
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5.7
A person who strongly promotes a product or idea so other people will accept it
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6.2
A person who supports and explains an idea or cause
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4.4
A person who publicly supports someone or something
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8.3
A person who speaks for and defends the rights of others
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7.9
A person who strongly supports a set of political or social beliefs
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8.9
A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief
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8.7
A person who defends a belief, policy, or organization against criticism
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7.1
A person who gives reasons to support a policy or action
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7.1
A person who strongly promotes a product, idea, or cause
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7.7
A person who defends people or ideas that others criticize
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7.8
A person who supports and promotes an idea or cause
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6.8
A person who supports and speaks for a cause
A person who performs or speaks in public to support a cause
A person who tends to favor one opinion or action
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
An officer in the military who gives legal advice and handles law for soldiers
- Specialized
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9.1
A senior military lawyer who gives legal advice to a branch of the armed forces
How Active
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word advocate comes from Latin ad- 'to' and vocare 'to call', so it originally meant 'one called to speak for another'. That's why an advocate today is a person who speaks up and supports a cause.