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advocate noun |ˈadvəәkəәt| 1 a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy: he was an untiring advocate of economic reform. 2 a person who puts a case on someone else's behalf: care managers can become advocates for their clients. • a professional pleader in a court of justice. solicitors may act as advocates in Crown Courts. • Scottish and South African term for barrister. verb |ˈadvəәkeɪt| [ with obj. ] publicly recommend or support: voters supported candidates who advocated an Assembly. DERIVATIVES advocateship noun, advocation noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle (used as a noun) of advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’. advocate noun 1 she was a powerful advocate of children's rights: champion, upholder, supporter, backer, promoter, proponent, exponent, protector, patron; spokesman for, spokeswoman for, spokesperson for, speaker for, ca...
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industrious  |ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs| adjective diligent and hard-working. an industrious people striving to make their country prosperous. DERIVATIVES industriously adverb, industriousness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘skilful, clever, ingenious’): from French industrieux or late Latin industriosus, from Latin industria ‘diligence’.industrious> adjective he was honest, sober, and industrious: hard-working, diligent, assiduous, sedulous, conscientious, steady, painstaking,persistent, persevering,pertinacious,unflagging, untiring, tireless, indefatigable, studious; busy, busy as a bee, active, bustling, energetic, on the go,vigorous,determined,dynamic,driven,zealous, productive; with one's shoulder to the wheel, with one's nose to the grindstone; archaic laborious. ANTONYMS indolent. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD industrious, diligent, hard-working See hard-working. uncaring  |ʌnˈkɛːrɪŋ| adjective 1. not displaying sympathy or concern for others : an uncaring father....
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Assert

Assert |əˈsəːt| verb [ reporting verb ] State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully : [ with clause ] : the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development | [ with obj. ] : he asserted his innocence. • [ with obj. ] cause others to recognize (one's authority or a right) by confident and forceful behaviour : the good librarian is able to assert authority when required. • ( assert oneself ) behave or speak in a confident and forceful manner : it was time to assert himself. DERIVATIVES assertable adjective, asserter (also assertor)noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin asserere ‘claim, affirm’, from ad- ‘to’ + serere ‘to join’. Thesaurus   assert verb 1 he asserted that the day of the cottage industry was over: declare , maintain , contend , argue , state , claim , propound , submit , posit, postulate , adduce, move , advocate, venture , volunteer , aver, proclaim , announce, pronounce, attest, affirm , protest , profess, swear , insi...
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