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advocating

ad·vo·cate
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    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [verb ad-vuh-keyt; noun ad-vuh-kit, -keyt]
    • /verb ˈæd vəˌkeɪt; noun ˈæd və kɪt, -ˌkeɪt/
    • /ˈæd.və.keɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb ad-vuh-keyt; noun ad-vuh-kit, -keyt]
    • /verb ˈæd vəˌkeɪt; noun ˈæd və kɪt, -ˌkeɪt/

Definitions of advocating word

  • verb with object advocating to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers. 1
  • verb without object advocating to act as an advocate: a father who advocates for his disabled child. 1
  • noun advocating a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc. (usually followed by of): an advocate of peace. 1
  • noun advocating a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor. 1
  • noun advocating a person who pleads the cause of another in a court of law. 1
  • noun advocating Present participle of advocate. 1
See all 6 definitions of advocating

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Origin of advocating

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; < Latin advocātus legal counselor (orig. past participle of advocāre to call to one's aid), equivalent to ad- ad- + voc- call (akin to vōx voice) + -ātus -ate1; replacing Middle English avocat < Middle French

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Parts of speech for Advocating

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Advocating

advocating popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for advocating

adjective advocating

  • supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
Just one Synonym for advocating

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    Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.

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    (usually initial capital letter) a member of an Italian association that became prominent in 1878, advocating the redemption, or the incorporation into Italy, of certain neighboring regions (Italia irredenta) having a primarily Italian population.

  • liberal

    favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.

  • nationalist

    a person devoted to nationalism.

  • progressive

    favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.

  • pronuclear

    of or relating to a pronucleus.
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