Definizione monolingua

advocate

advocate (third-person singular simple present advocates, present participle advocating, simple past and past participle advocated)

1. (transitive) To argue for someone else.
2. (transitive) To encourage support for something.

   I like trees, but I do not advocate living in them.

advocate (plural advocates)

1. Someone whose job is to speak for someones case in a court of law; a counsel. [from 14th c.]
2. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III, First Folio 1623:

     I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.

3. A person who speaks in support of something. [from 18th c.]
   • 2011, Alix Lee, The Guardian, 9 Oct 2011:

     He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.

4. A person who supports someone to make their voice heard, or ideally to speak up for themselves.

   Since she started working with her advocate she has become much more confident.

Definizione dizionario advocate

	avvocato
	person who argues the case of another

	sostenitore
	person who speaks in support of something

	sostenitrice
	person who speaks in support of something

	partigiano
	One who supports something.

assertore

difendere

difensore

legale

patrocinare

proporre

raccomandare

vantare

Altri significati:

A lawyer who pleads cases in court.

A person who argues the case of another, such as a lawyer in a court.

(transitive) To argue for someone else.

A person who supports someone to make their voice heard, or ideally to speak up for themselves.

advocate (of a theory or principle)

A person who speaks in support of something.

argue for

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

encourage support for

To encourage support for something.