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   advocate

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   • 1. a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy: "he was an untiring advocate of economic reform" Similar championupholdersupporterbackerpromoterproponentexponentprotectorpatronspokesman forspokeswoman forspokesperson forspeaker forcampaigner forfighter forbattler forcrusader formissionaryreformerpioneerpleaderpropagandistapostleapologistboosterinformal:pluggerOpposite critic
   • 2. a person who puts a case on someone else's behalf: "care managers can become advocates for their clients"
   • ▪ a professional pleader in a court of justice: "solicitors may act as advocates in Crown Courts" Similar barristerlawyercounselcounsellorprofessional pleaderlegal practitionerattorneycounsellor-at-lawinformal:brief
   • ▪ a barrister. Scottish, South African

   verb

   • 1. publicly recommend or support: "voters supported candidates who advocated an Assembly"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle (used as a noun) of advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. advocateship noun
   • 2. advocation noun
   • 3. advocator noun

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   What does advocat mean?

   • , ad·vo·cat·ed, ad·vo·cat·ing. a father who advocates for his disabled child. an advocate of peace. a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor. a person who pleads the cause of another in a court of law.

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   What is the difference between support and advocate?

   • support, uphold, advocate, back, champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition. support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given. uphold implies extended support given to something attacked. advocate stresses urging or pleading. back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling.

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   What is the difference between uphold and advocate?

   • uphold implies extended support given to something attacked. advocate stresses urging or pleading. back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling. champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause.

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   What does advocate mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ADVOCATE definition: 1. to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something: 2. to speak…. Learn more.

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   To advocate is to add a voice of support to a cause or person. An advocate is anyone who adds that voice by representing another person in court, or by supporting or working toward a particular course of action.

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