Advocate – Formal Word

Advocate is a formal word which can be used in many situations. Even though the frequency of this word is rather high, it is advisable that the word should be learned. And in this post, we will be looking at its Pronunciation, Meaning, and its implementation in the IELTS test.

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Advocate – Formal Word

Advocate is a formal English word that we can use to cure “nominalization”. Sometimes, in our writing or speaking, for some reason, we try too hard to put a lot of nouns into our sentences or utterances.

But this may have an adverse effect on the quality of writing or speaking. That’s where Advocate comes in!

Advocate Pronunciation

Now about its pronunciation, I’m sorry I didn’t involve sufficient information about the word, so here it is:

1/ When ADVOCATE is used as a NOUN, it is pronounced as

/ˈædvəkət/ or

/ˈædvəkeɪt/

2/ When ADVOCATE is used as a VERB, it is pronounced as

/ˈædvəkeɪt/

In British and American pronunciation, the only difference is the accent.

As for the Meaning,

Advocate can be:

1/ A verb:

In this case, it means

“to publicly support a particular way of doing something”.

And we have some examples:

• Extremists were openly advocating violence.
• Those who advocate for doctor-assisted suicide say the terminally ill should not have to suffer.

2/ A Noun:

Now it can either mean

(1) a lawyer who speaks in a court of law, especially in Scotland.

But we won’t care much about regional English, will we.

Or it can mean

(2) someone who publicly supports someone or something.

Now that is the meaning we pay attention to. And hence we have some examples:

She’s a passionate advocate of natural childbirth.

Behavior, advocates of this approach argued, was determined by its consequences.

When used in the IELTS test,

1/ We can use Advocate in IELTS Writing Task 2 to give:

_ First of all, Topic Sentence:

The advocate of (topic here) believe that (idea here)

_and Conclusion:

The mentioned supporting ideas should advocate a conclusion that (idea here)

2/ Also, it can be used in IELTS Speaking 3 to state opinion:-

As a consistent advocate of (main point here: women’s rights, LGBT community…), I strongly believe that …

Although I don’t exactly advocate (main idea here), I don’t think people should be against it.

OK! This is the word today. And as you may have noticed, I uploaded it on Saturday. It is a “compensation” for Wednesday and Thursday, hi hi! For more Vocabulary for IELTS, please visit Project Fancy. See you guys next week!