Like others of his day, Franklin knew advocate primarily as a noun meaning "one who pleads the cause of another," and he urged Webster to condemn the verb's use. In truth, the verb wasn't as new as Franklin assumed (it dates back to at least the early 16th century), though it ...
To speak, plead, or argue in favor of: advocate a vegan diet. See Synonyms at support. v.intr. Usage Problem To act as an advocate: advocated for her patients; advocated for more stringent crime laws. n. (-kĭt) 1. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender: an advocat...
Its past participle, advocātus, came to be used as a noun, originally meaning ‘legal witness or adviser’, and later ‘attorney’.In Old French this became avocat, the form in which English borrowed it; it was later relatinized to advocate. The verb advocate does not appear until the ...
noun 拥护者；支持者；提倡者a person who supports or speaks in favour of sb or of a public plan or actionan advocate for hospital workers医院工作人员的支持者a staunch advocate of free speech言论自由的坚定拥护者辩护律师；出庭辩护人a person who defends sb in court ...
‘calling’, specifically of calling someone in for advice or as a witness. This was the meaning of the Latin verbadvocāre(formed fromvocāre‘call’, from which English also getsvocation). Its past participle,advocātus, came to be used as a noun, originally meaning ‘legal witness or ...
Word family(noun)advocacyadvocate(verb)advocate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishad‧vo‧cate1/ˈædvəkeɪt/●●○AWLverb[intransitive, transitive]to publicly support a particular way of doing somethingExtremists were openly advocating violence.advocate forAmerican EnglishThose who...
KP Governor appoints Shumail Butt as new AG KP SHIKARPUR -- Two advocates died in a road accident at Jamra Bus Stop at Sukkur-Shikarpur National Highway in the limits of Lakhi Ghulam Shah, here on late other day night. Two lawyers die in road accident The exception provides that communic...
To speak, plead, or argue in favor of: advocate a vegan diet. See Synonyms at support. v.intr. Usage Problem To act as an advocate: advocated for her patients; advocated for more stringent crime laws. n. (-kĭt) 1. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender: an advocat...
As an adjectiveproponentis making proposals; proposing. advocate English Noun (en noun) Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. *c. 1591, (William Shakespeare),Richard III, First Folio 1623: ...
Part of Speech(动) verb, (及物的动) transitive verb, (名) noun Related Words (Sorted by part of speech, numbered word sense. May need to scroll content.) (名) As a noun A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. ...