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1 advocate
nounവക്കീല്, അഭിഭാഷകന്, വക്താവ്, പക്ഷവാദി, ന്യായവാദിverbവാദിക്കുക, ന്യായം പറയുക
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advocate — verb. 1. In a letter written in 1798 Benjamin Franklin asked Noah Webster, the lexicographer of American English, to use his authority to ‘reprobate’ this word, which was then new in the meaning ‘to recommend or plead in favour of’, although the… … Modern English usage
advocate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb who supports sth ADJECTIVE ▪ ardent, effective, firm (esp. BrE), great, outspoken, powerful, staunch, strong, tireless (esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
advocate — ad·vo·cate 1 / ad və kət, ˌkāt/ n [Latin advocatus adviser to a party in a lawsuit, counselor, from past participle of advocare to summon, employ as counsel, from ad to + vocare to call] 1: a person (as a lawyer) who works and argues in support… … Law dictionary
advocate — Ⅰ. advocate UK US /ˈædvəkeɪt/ verb [T] ► to publicly support or suggest an idea, plan, or way of doing something: »The Food Standards Agency advocated a ban on advertising junk food to children. advocate doing sth »We would advocate selling those … Financial and business terms
advocate — verb (t) /ˈædvəkeɪt / (say advuhkayt) (advocated, advocating) 1. to plead in favour of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: *Well, I ll not campaign or advocate any policies but my own. –joh bjelke petersen, 1988. –noun /ˈædvəkət /… …
advocate — ► NOUN 1) a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. 2) a person who pleads a case on someone else s behalf. 3) Scottish term for BARRISTER(Cf. ↑barrister). ► VERB ▪ publicly recommend or support. DER … English terms dictionary
advocate — ♦♦♦ advocates, advocating, advocated (The verb is pronounced [[t]æ̱dvəkeɪt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]æ̱dvəkət[/t]].) 1) VERB If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly. [FORMAL] [V n] Mr Williams is a… … English dictionary
advocate */ — I UK [ˈædvəkeɪt] / US [ˈædvəˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms advocate : present tense I/you/we/they advocate he/she/it advocates present participle advocating past tense advocated past participle advocated to publicly support a particular… … English dictionary
advocate — [14] Etymologically, advocate contains the notion of ‘calling’, specifically of calling someone in for advice or as a witness. This was the meaning of the Latin verb advocāre (formed from vocāre ‘call’, from which English also gets vocation). Its … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
advocate — [14] Etymologically, advocate contains the notion of ‘calling’, specifically of calling someone in for advice or as a witness. This was the meaning of the Latin verb advocāre (formed from vocāre ‘call’, from which English also gets vocation). Its … Word origins
advocate — ad|vo|cate1 [ ædvə,keıt ] verb transitive * to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things: There is no point in advocating improved public transportation unless we can pay for it. advocate ad|vo|cate 2 [ ædvəkət ] noun count * 1 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English