Meaning of "advocate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADVOCATE

Via Old French from Latin advocātus legal witness, advocate, from advocāre to call as witness, from vocāre to call.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ADVOCATE

advocate  [ˈædvəˌkeɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADVOCATE

Advocate is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb advocate in English.

WHAT DOES ADVOCATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Advocate

An advocate is a type of professional person in several different legal systems. These include Scotland, Belgium, South Africa, India, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, Brazil and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. The broad equivalent in many English law-based jurisdictions is "barrister".

Definition of advocate in the English dictionary

The first definition of advocate in the dictionary is to support or recommend publicly; plead for or speak in favour of. Other definition of advocate is a person who upholds or defends a cause; supporter. Advocate is also a person who intercedes on behalf of another.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ADVOCATE

PRESENT

Present

I advocate

you advocate

he/she/it advocates

we advocate

you advocate

they advocate

Present continuous

I am advocating

you are advocating

he/she/it is advocating

we are advocating

you are advocating

they are advocating

Present perfect

I have advocated

you have advocated

he/she/it has advocated

we have advocated

you have advocated

they have advocated

Present perfect continuous

I have been advocating

you have been advocating

he/she/it has been advocating

we have been advocating

you have been advocating

they have been advocating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I advocated

you advocated

he/she/it advocated

we advocated

you advocated

they advocated

Past continuous

I was advocating

you were advocating

he/she/it was advocating

we were advocating

you were advocating

they were advocating

Past perfect

I had advocated

you had advocated

he/she/it had advocated

we had advocated

you had advocated

they had advocated

Past perfect continuous

I had been advocating

you had been advocating

he/she/it had been advocating

we had been advocating

you had been advocating

they had been advocating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will advocate

you will advocate

he/she/it will advocate

we will advocate

you will advocate

they will advocate

Future continuous

I will be advocating

you will be advocating

he/she/it will be advocating

we will be advocating

you will be advocating

they will be advocating

Future perfect

I will have advocated

you will have advocated

he/she/it will have advocated

we will have advocated

you will have advocated

they will have advocated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been advocating

you will have been advocating

he/she/it will have been advocating

we will have been advocating

you will have been advocating

they will have been advocating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would advocate

you would advocate

he/she/it would advocate

we would advocate

you would advocate

they would advocate

Conditional continuous

I would be advocating

you would be advocating

he/she/it would be advocating

we would be advocating

you would be advocating

they would be advocating

Conditional perfect

I would have advocate

you would have advocate

he/she/it would have advocate

we would have advocate

you would have advocate

they would have advocate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been advocating

you would have been advocating

he/she/it would have been advocating

we would have been advocating

you would have been advocating

they would have been advocating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you advocate
we let´s advocate
you advocate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to advocate

Past participle

advocated

Present Participle

advocating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ADVOCATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «advocate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of advocate

advise · apologist · apostle · attorney · backer · barrister · campaigner · champion · commend · counsel · counsellor · countenance · defend · defender · encourage · endorse · espouse · favour · hold a brief for · justify · lawyer · pleader · prescribe · promote · promoter · proponent · propose · proposer · recommend · solicitor · speak for · speaker · spokesman · support · supporter · uphold · upholder · urge

TRANSLATION OF ADVOCATE

Find out the translation of advocate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of advocate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «advocate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 提倡
• Translator English - Spanish: abogar por
• English: advocate
• Translator English - Hindi: अधिवक्ता
• Translator English - Arabic: داعية
• Translator English - Russian: адвокат
• Translator English - Portuguese: defender
• Translator English - Bengali: উকিল
• Translator English - French: recommander
• Translator English - Malay: Peguam bela
• Translator English - German: befürworten
• Translator English - Japanese: 支持する
• Translator English - Korean: 지지하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Pengacara
• Translator English - Vietnamese: người ủng hộ
• Translator English - Tamil: வழக்கறிஞர்
• Translator English - Marathi: वकील
• Translator English - Turkish: savunucu
• Translator English - Italian: sostenere
• Translator English - Polish: adwokat
• Translator English - Ukrainian: адвокат
• Translator English - Romanian: avocat
• Translator English - Greek: συνήγορος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: advokaat
• Translator English - Swedish: förespråkare
• Translator English - Norwegian: talsmann

10 QUOTES WITH «ADVOCATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word advocate.

1

Gresham Barrett

As a dedicated and proud father of three, I am a strong advocate of life. I value life whether born or unborn.

2

Carol Bellamy

Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.

3

Emily Blunt

Personally, I'm an advocate for short engagements. Long sometimes means there is a reason for it. Two years engaged and no wedding... I'd be upset.

4

Pat Boone

It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.

5

Belle Boyd

I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman's right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of a quiet lady expressing her sentiments, not so much to the public as to her immediate friends.

6

John Burns

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

7

Joaquin Castro

There's no doubt about it: Hillary is the best person to be our 45th president. Hillary has always been a tireless advocate for working families - she's never ceased to make sure everybody has a fair shot at achieving the American Dream.

8

David Chalmers

Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations, and try to boil them down to their core, the result might point us toward the sort of fundamental principles I advocate.

9

Richard J. Codey

I want to be an advocate for the people who don't have time to read the newspaper... or the money to make a political contribution.

10

Raymond Cruz

I try to stay in the best physical shape that I can because I do most of my own stunts. It looks amazing if you can do it, but I don't advocate it because you always get injured.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADVOCATE»

Discover the use of advocate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to advocate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Advocate

The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.

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The Advocate

Suffering from the mysterious disappearance of her brother five years before, Sabre Brown has handled nearly every case imaginable as a children "s legal advocate.

Teresa Burrell, 2011

The Devil's Advocate: A Short Polemic on how to be Seriously ...

Written with humour in a conversational style, explaining clear techniques, with the helpful feature that only one or two points are raised on each page, the work takes you through the practical application of advocacy step-by-step.

Iain Morley, 2009

Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate: From Policy Practice ...

And to enhance your course experience, this text features access to CengageNOW, an integrated online suite of services and resources that will help you save time, focus your study, and get the grade you want!

Bruce Jansson, 2007

Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate

This groundbreaking text goes beyond the traditional foundational approach to policy and helps students develop the skills they need to become advocates for social change.

Bruce Jansson, 2010

The Devil's Advocate

Acquittal after acquittal, every criminal client walks free, and Kevin's suspicions slowly give way to terror. For Kevin has just become The Devil's Advocate.

Andrew Neiderman, 2012

The Devil's Advocate

Father Blaise Meredith, a dying English priest, is sent from the Vatican to investigate. Morris West deftly explores the meaning of faith in this intriguing tale of secrets, lies, and sanctity.

Morris West, 2005

Dorothea Dix: Advocate for Mental Health Care

Traces the life and accomplishments of the nineteenth-century reformer who devoted her time to improving the treatment of the mentally ill and prisoners in the United States.

Margaret Muckenhoupt, 2004

Advocate for the Doomed: The diaries and papers of James G. ...

This is the eagerly awaited first of a projected three-volume work that will significantly revise the ways that scholars and the world view the antecedents of the Holocaust, the Shoah itself, and its aftermath.

James Grover McDonald, Richard Breitman, Barbara McDonald Stewart, 2007

Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to ...

Offers advice to parents on how to obtain the best education for children with special needs, providing information about legal issues, the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process, child evaluation, educational options, and other ...

Rich Weinfeld, Michelle Davis, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADVOCATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term advocate is used in the context of the following news items.

Baton Rouge Zoo eyes $110 million upgrades; mulls relocation

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- A lion tailed macaque holds on to the iron enclosure of it's exhibit at BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo, ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»

Ask The Advocate: Questions about the U.S. 190 bridge

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- A view of the Mississippi River and downtown Baton Rouge including the old US 190 bridge ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»

Gay-rights advocate: Going to same-sex weddings optional for …

Washington floral artist Barronelle Stutzman on Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Bob Ferguson to decline the settlement offer he made to ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»

Photos: Bike Race

Buy this photo Advocate Photo by LEE CELANO - Bikers ride down a country road during the 8th annual La Vuelta d'Acadiana road race in ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»

Republican climate advocate makes big 2016 campaign gift

WASHINGTON A Republican entrepreneur seeking to push his party to fight climate change and support clean energy said on Sunday he has ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

Advocate claims buses, subways lack cleanliness

One Brooklyn community advocate says that while fares have gone up, cleanliness has gone down on MTA buses and subway trains. «News 12 Brooklyn, Jul 15»

Capitol Insider: Guns needed in churches, advocate says

The Dispatch public affairs team talks politics and tackles state and federal government issues in the Buckeye Forum podcast. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Playground named for late children's advocate

After being diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 23, she kept working with children at a school in West Springfield as a social worker, ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»

Kyle Busch accepts role of safety advocate

“I've never wanted to be an advocate of spearheading safety initially,” said Busch. “But it seems like I've take on that role with the injuries I had.”. «WMBF, Jul 15»

Transgender advocate to run for Greens

Transgender advocate Martine Delaney will stand for the suburban Hobart seat of Franklin, now held by Labor's only Tasmanian federal Lower ... «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»