how to pronounce advocate

/ˈæd.və.kɛɪt/

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advocate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of advocate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and is a strong advocate of research-led …”

meaning of advocate

Advocate means a person who speaks in support of a cause or a person who speaks on behalf of another.

advocate frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word advocate occurs in english on average 8.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics advocate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that advocate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;