advocacy
advocate
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈæd.və.kət/ us /ˈæd.və.kət/
a lawyer who speaks for or defends someone in a court of law: 辩护律师
She has been the advocate for plaintiffs in many successful libel cases.
Candidates for the post need to have at least 5 years experience as a solicitor or advocate.
someone who speaks for, supports, or represents a person or group of people who may need extra help or protection:
Advocates and community leaders say that support services for homeless children are inadequate.
We work as patient advocates for people living in mental health facilities.
someone who publicly supports or recommends an idea, a policy, etc.:
He's a strong advocate of state ownership of the railways.
She is known as an advocate for tax cuts.
I'm an advocate of drinking plenty of water.
Since regulators laid charges against him, his advocates have filed a flurry of papers.
Many autism advocates believe that diagnosis takes too long.
Consumer advocates say that the changes will disproportionately affect the poor.
Food safety advocates called for a change in the law.
The singer became a passionate advocate for breast screening after it led to early detection of her cancer.

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advocate | American Dictionary

advocate
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈæd·vəˌkeɪt/
to speak in support of an idea or course of action:
[ T ]Some people advocate teaching to the test.
[ I ]The organization advocates for human rights.

advocacy

noun[ U ]us/ˈæd·və·kə·si/
These groups have been increasing their education advocacy.

advocate

noun[ C ]us/ˈæd·və·kət/
She’s a strong advocate of women’s rights.

advocate | Business English

advocate
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈædvəkeɪt/us
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 sthWe would advocate selling those shares at current levels.
advocate
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈædvəkət/us
someone who publicly supports something they believe in:
an advocate for sthHe was an advocate for small businesses around Newark.
an advocate of sthShe is a passionate advocate of "organic" clothes.
LAW
a lawyer who defends someone in a court:
Advocates are often asked for their opinion on complex points of law.

Examples of advocate

advocate
Both authors advocate an eclectic mix of quantitative survey and qualitative interviews for the study of current rural labour transformations.
It advocates a new, more (patient) protective model which should generate confidence in the ethical character of contemporary innovatory practices.
Thus, divided government can serve the interests of moderate voters, particularly in periods when political parties advocate extreme policies.
Heuvel stresses he was a misfit, opposing the dominant trend and then, when what he advocated acquired power, turning against it as it became corrupt.
Some advocates of reform stressed the desirability of adding new subjects to the curriculum, including modern sciences.
Authentication is thus useful for getting out of the bind of essentialism in which advocates of the desire paradigm are trapped.
Some advocated performing with a mask, others performing with an expressionless or mask-like face.
The model that advocates for separated bilingual lexicons would account for such cross-language differences.
Several commentators advocate moderation on the grounds that a scientific approach must secure itself against premature generalizations.
It should be noted that this variable can be somewhat influenced by the activity of advocates.
Popular music policy advocates can look to existing models of public administration as well as critical development theories to enhance the opportunities for interventionary initiatives.
In short, a prioritarian will always find an egalitarian who advocates the same social ranking.
But as both their advocates and enemies noted, these unions appeared exceedingly weak by the mid-1950s.
She has advocated an expansion of courses in demography at the university level and also the introduction of elementary demography at the high school level.
The advocates of lighthouse reform were thus not merely attacking corruption, they were attacking the very existence of private property in a public service.
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Collocations withadvocate

advocate

These are words often used in combination with advocate.

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animal welfare advocate
We realize that scientists and animal welfare advocates have different agendas.
ardent advocate
He said that he had a teetotaller friend a very ardentadvocate of the temperance cause— who was elected to a local authority.
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