Engelsk ordbok



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Engelsk substantiv: advocate

1. advocate (om person) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)advocator, exponent, proponent


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul


Mere spesifikke uttrykkadmirer, apologist, booster, champion, constitutionalist, Darwinian, democrat, drumbeater, federalist, friend, Gnostic, humanist, humanitarian, ideologist, ideologue, internationalist, interpreter, irredentist, irridentist, isolationist, Jansenist, justifier, libertarian, Maoist, Marxist, nationalist, neoclassicist, neutralist, nullifier, partisan, partitionist, Platonist, populist, presenter, pro-lifer, protagonist, protectionist, representative, republican, ritualist, ruralist, secessionist, secularist, separationist, separatist, spokesperson, sponsor, suffragist, supporter, supremacist, teleologist, Thatcherite, unilateralist, vindicator, voice, zealot

2. advocate (om person) a lawyer who pleads cases in court


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkattorney, lawyer


Overordnet kategorijurisprudence, law


Engelsk verb: advocate

1. advocate (om kommunikasjon) push for something


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)recommend, urge


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something.
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkadvise, propose, suggest

2. advocate (om kommunikasjon) speak, plead, or argue in favor of


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)preach


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE.
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE.
Somebody ----s to somebody


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkexhort, press, urge, urge on


Mere spesifikke uttrykkmoralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonize









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