{
    "term": "advocate",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who supports or speaks in favour of somebody or of a public plan or action",
            "sensetop": "advocate for something/somebodyadvocate of something/somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an advocate for hospital workers",
                    "contextForm": "advocate for something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a staunch advocate of free speech",
                    "contextForm": "advocate of something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an advocate of pacifism"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Canada was one of the strongest advocates of sanctions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She became a firm advocate of overseas ventures."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ardent", "effective", "firm"],
                "adverb": ["argue", "claim", "say"],
                "preposition": ["advocate for", "advocate of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who defends somebody in court",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Solicitors often appear as advocates in the lower courts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Those charged should be represented by trained, qualified legal advocates."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["solicitor", "judge"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in Scotland and South Africa) a lawyer who has the right to argue cases in higher courts",
            "labels": "(law)North American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈædvəkət/",
                "audio": "ad/advocate/advocate__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈædvəkət/",
                "audio": "ad/advocate/advocate__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}