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advocate

/ advocate /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Type of:
person individual someone
Kinds of:
apologist vindicator justifier constitutionalist Darwinian
Derived:
propound preach
noun Sense 2
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
Type of:
lawyer attorney
Derived:
plead advise counsel
Domain:
law jurisprudence
verb Sense 3
speak, plead, or argue in favour of
"The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
Type of:
urge urge on press
Kinds of:
sermonize sermonise preachify moralize moralise
Derived:
advocator proponent exponent advocacy sermon
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb Sense 4
push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
Type of:
propose suggest advise
Derived:
importunity urgency urging recommendation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Something ----s somebody
Semantic Complexity
46%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
35
Times Searched
1
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person individual someone apologist vindicator justifier constitutionalist Darwinian lawyer attorney urge urge on