advocate
معنی فارسی
حامي طرفدار مدافع وکيل (مدافع)
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ad´vǝ kit; -kāt´/n., vt.
● وکیل، مدافع
an advocate's license
پروانهی وکالت
● هوادار (بیشتر در مورد امور عقیدتی)، خواهان، طرفدار
an advocate of women's rights
طرفدار حقوق زنان
● هواداری کردن، جانبداری کردن، طرفداری کردن
he advocated freeing the slaves
او خواهان آزاد کردن بردگان بود.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Middle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle of advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’.
مثال
- He is an advocate of organic farming.
- She advocated for human rights.
- The teacher advocates a balanced diet for students.
ترکیبهای رایج
Advocate strongly Advocate for change Advocate on behalf Advocate for rights
تعریف انگلیسی
- a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- push for something “The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something” “Somebody ----s that CLAUSE”
- speak, plead, or argue in favor of “The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE” “Somebody ----s that CLAUSE” “Somebody ----s to somebody”
مترادفها
I. verb active
Defend, support, vindicate, justify, countenance, uphold, maintain, favor, plead in favor of, stand up for, promote, propagate.
II. noun
1. Counsellor, counsel, barrister, lawyer, attorney, solicitor, attorney at law, limb of the law.
2. Defender, vindicator, supporter, upholder, maintainer, propagator, promoter, countenancer, favorer, apologist, friend, patron.
3. Intercessor, comforter, paraclete, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth.
4. [With The prefixed.] Christ.