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Verb advocate has 2 senses
- recommend, urge, advocate - push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
--1 is one way to propose, suggest, advise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- preach, advocate - speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
--2 is one way to urge, urge on, press, exhort
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
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