Used in a Sentence

advocating

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for advocating.

Editorial note

You're advocating for the banishment of a word that doesn't mean what you are advocating banishing it for.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of advocating gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

verb

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

verb

(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for advocating.

verb

(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

verb

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

verb

(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

verb

(Scots law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.

Example sentences

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You're advocating for the banishment of a word that doesn't mean what you are advocating banishing it for.

2

Advocating for women's rights but not equally advocating for men's rights is therefore just as sexist as chivalry.

3

Ok sure then you are then advocating taking property lawfully obtained and giving it to someone else?

4

My article talks about one, and you seem to be an advocate for increasing insulin sensitivity, which is advocating for two.

5

My assumption is that those advocating for it in this context aren't actually familiar with its specs and how it works.

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There's a pretty big moral space between advocating the overthrow of a government and the behavior of a Stalin or Pol Pot.

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I also thought he was full of it, thinking he was advocating for a base-12 system of units.

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A large number (majority?) of people who are proponents for american-style capitalism, advocating for less government intervention, are from big universities around the U.

9

You can definitely trust the sensational value in finding out that any project advocating freedom and data security would be exploited by a government.

10

I read that as advocating going to a conference room to yell into your skype microphone.

11

Are you advocating against the law of the excluded middle?

12

Nobody reasonable is actually advocating for 'perfect economic equality'.

Quote examples

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But still, it is exceedingly frustrating to see people advocating for more "rational" fiction without understanding how fiction works.

2

It is an oddity that in the face of someone advocating for "some form of regulation" you immediately jump to property confiscation.

3

Far from "use it now," I'm advocating that they illustrate the difference between strong security design and mainstream while providing something to build on.

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I don't think tptacek is defending the AV industry; I suspect he's advocating systems that are either inherently virus-resistant or use whitelisting, which is pretty much the opposite of what we usually call "antivirus".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use advocating in a sentence?

You're advocating for the banishment of a word that doesn't mean what you are advocating banishing it for.

What does advocating mean?

(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

What part of speech is advocating?

advocating is commonly used as verb.