What does do not advocate mean?

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 4 votes)

1. advocate, advocator, proponent, exponentnoun

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   a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

2. advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleaderverb

   a lawyer who pleads cases in court

3. recommend, urge, advocateverb

   push for something

   "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

4. preach, advocateverb

   speak, plead, or argue in favor of

   "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 4 votes)

1. advocatenoun

   Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

2. advocatenoun

   Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.

3. advocatenoun

   A person who speaks in support of something.

4. advocatenoun

   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.

5. advocateverb

   To argue for someone else.

6. advocateverb

   To encourage support for something.

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

7. Etymology: From avocat, from advocatus, past participle of advocare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)

1. ADVOCATEnoun

   Etymology: advocatus, Lat.

   1. He that pleads the cause of another in a court of judicature.

   An advocate, in the general import of the word, is that person who has the pleading and management of a judicial cause. In a strict way of speaking, only that person is stiled advocate, who is the patron of the cause, and is often, in Latin, termed togatus, and, in English, a person of the long robe. John Ayliffe, Par.

   Learn what thou ow’st thy country and thy friend;What’s requisite to spare, and what to spend:Learn this; and, after, envy not the store

   Of the greas’d advocate that grinds the poor. John Dryden, Perseus.

   2. He that pleads any cause, in whatever manner, as a controvertist or vindicator.

   If she dares trust me with her little babe,I’ll shew’t the king, and undertake to be

   Her advocate to th’ loudest. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Of the several forms of government that have been, or are, in the world, that cause seems commonly the better, that has the better advocate, or is advantaged by fresher experience. William Temple, Miscellanies.

   3. It is used with the particle for before the person or thing, in whose favour the plea is offered.

   Foes to all living worth except your own,
   And advocates for folly dead and gone. Alexander Pope, Epistles.

   4. In the scriptural and sacred sense, it stands for one of the offices of our Redeemer.

   Me his advocate,And propitiation; all his works on me,

   Good, or not good, ingraft. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

Wikipedia(3.00 / 1 vote)

1. Advocate

   An advocate is a professional or in the field of law. Different countries' legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, in Scottish, South African, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Polish, Israeli, South Asian and South American jurisdictions, "advocate" indicates a lawyer of superior classification."Advocate" is in some languages an honorific for lawyers, such as "Adv. Sir Alberico Gentili". "Advocate" also has the everyday meaning of speaking out to help someone else, such as patient advocacy or the support expected from an elected politician; those senses are not covered by this article.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 5 votes)

1. Advocatenoun

   one who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor

2. Advocatenoun

   one who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth

3. Advocatenoun

   christ, considered as an intercessor

4. Advocatenoun

   to plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly

5. Advocateverb

   to act as advocate

6. Etymology: [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)

1. Advocate

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)

1. Advocate

   ad′vo-kāt, n. an intercessor or defender: one who pleads the cause of another, esp. in a court of law in Scotland and France.—v.t. to plead in favour of: to recommend.—ns. Advocā′tion; Ad′vocator.—Lord Advocate, the first law-officer of the crown and public prosecutor of crimes for Scotland. [O. Fr. avocat—L. advocatus—advocāre, -ātum—ad, to, vocāre, to call: to call in (another to help, as in a lawsuit or in sickness).]

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1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'advocate' in Verbs Frequency: #801

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of advocate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of advocate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of advocate in a Sentence

1. Ateev Mehrotra:

   When I, as a doctor, say I do not advocate for the annual physical, I feel like I'm attacking moms and apple pie, it seems so intuitive and straightforward, and [it's] something that's been part of medicine for such a long time.

2. Armstrong Williams:

   He has to come to the conclusion for what is best for America. In his heart of hearts he could never advocate for a Muslim to become President of the United States.

3. Jens Weidmann:

   The advocate general of the European Court of Justice has made it clear yesterday that there can be no doubt about the legal limits on the ECB, which means that, alongside the ban on monetary financing, that the central bank may not conduct economic policy.

4. Stephen Hargarten:

   We advocate for research funding support so we can seek better ways to prevent these injuries and to improve the treatment of these injuries that impact long-term disabilities.

5. Unknown:

   The private corporate top honchos who used to advocate integrity lessons to their employees or even conduct lectures on ethics as visiting faculty to Business Schools or University, have been seen now getting caught in scam, scandal, bribery and corruption cases.

• المؤيدArabic
• адвака́тBelarusian
• поддръжник, защитник, застъпвам се за, адвока́тка, адвока́тBulgarian
• právníčka, právník, advokát, obhájceCzech
• verteidigen, plädieren, Rechtsanwältin, RechtsanwaltGerman
• υποστηρικτής, συνήγορος, υπέρμαχος, υπερασπιστήςGreek
• abogar, representante, portavoz, abogada, abogado, recomendar, vocero, defensorSpanish
• puhua puolesta, kannattaja, kannattaa, puoltaja, asianajaja, puolustaa, puolestapuhujaFinnish
• avocate, porte-parole, plaider, préconiser, avocatFrench
• סנגורHebrew
• կողմնակից, փաստաբան, իրավաբանArmenian
• pengacara, pembelaIndonesian
• advokato, pledar, rekomendarIdo
• sostenitore, avvocata, avvocato, sostenitriceItalian
• עוֹרֵך דִיןHebrew
• 説く, 主張, 支持Japanese
• ស្មាក្ដីKhmer
• അഭിഭാഷകന്, വക്കീല്Malayalam
• avukat, diffensur, avukatessa, diffensuraMaltese
• verdediger, aanbevelen, bepleiten, advocate, verdedigster, advocaat, voorstanderDutch
• advokatNorwegian
• adwokatka, adwokatPolish
• advogado, defender, representante, advocar, [[argumentar]] [[a favor]], advogada, defensorPortuguese
• побо́рник, сторо́нница, выступа́ть в защи́ту, защи́тница, побо́рница, сторо́нник, выступа́ть, адвока́т, отста́ивать, приве́рженка, защи́тник, пропаганди́ровать, приве́рженецRussian
• zagovornik, zagovarjati, zagovornica, podpornik, podpornica, podpiratiSlovene
• mbrojtës, avokatAlbanian
• förespråka, förespråkare, advokat, pläderaSwedish
• abogadoTagalog
• وکیلUrdu
• jilavogan, hilavogan, lavoganVolapük
• 主張Chinese