advocate

US /ˈædvəˌket/

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UK /'ædvəkeɪt/

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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A lawyer who protects a clients interests

Mr Chen is an advocate and lawyer who will fight for your basic human rights

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To request change

The president is going to advocate her new plan, but most people think it will fail

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To publicly support a belief

The judges advocate positive changes to the criminal law system

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Person who supports a movement for changes

If elected, I will be your advocate in government

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and that is why I'm such a huge advocate of having arts in the schools
and that is why I'm such a huge advocate of having arts in the schools

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Find people who care, and if there is no one who does care, stick up for yourself and advocate for yourself 'cause you're worth it.
Find people who care, and if there is no one who does care, stick up for yourself and advocate for yourself 'cause you're worth it.
yourself and advocate for yourself
yourself and advocate for yourself

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politicized so you have to be cautious on both sides. But, I can’t advocate that we
politicized so you have to be cautious on both sides. But, I can’t advocate that we

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and the President will continue to passionately advocate for
and the President will continue to passionately advocate for
it is to be, like, a public advocate?
it is to be, like, a public advocate?

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The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from
The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from

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Does the advocate have a working, commercial model of the invention?
Does the advocate have a working, commercial model of the invention?

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We would like to advocate kind of modesty and frugality.
We would like to advocate kind of modesty and frugality.