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verb | noun advocateadvocate1 /ˈædvəˌkeɪt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLEadvocate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | advocate | | he, she, it | advocates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | advocated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have advocated | | he, she, it | has advocated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had advocated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will advocate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have advocated |
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| Present | I | am advocating | | he, she, it | is advocating | | you, we, they | are advocating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was advocating | | you, we, they | were advocating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been advocating | | he, she, it | has been advocating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been advocating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be advocating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been advocating |
► openly advocate The extremists openly advocate violence. to publicly support a particular way of doing things: The extremists openly advocate violence. verb | noun advocateadvocate2 /ˈædvəkət, -ˌkeɪt/ ●●○ AWL noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYadvocate2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French avocat, from Latin, past participle of advocare to summon 1someone who publicly supports a particular way of doing things: advocate of She is a passionate advocate of natural childbirth.2someone who acts and speaks in support of someone else: advocate for Volunteers serve as advocates for abused children.3law formal a lawyer [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French avocat, from Latin, past participle of advocare to summon] → see also play/be (the) devil’s advocate at devil (10) |