lawyer
US /ˈlɔjɚ/
Definition
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Our lawyer reviewed the contract carefully before we signed it.
Synonyms
- attorneya professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
- counsela lawyer who pleads cases in court
Collocations
- Easy hire a lawyerto hire a lawyer, meaning to engage or hire for work
- Medium corporate lawyerdescribing corporate lawyer (of or belonging to a corporation)
- Hard consult a patent lawyerto consult a patent lawyer, meaning to get or ask advice from
- Very Hard seasoned defense lawyerto seasoned defense lawyer, meaning to lend flavor to
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