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- Dictionarysacrifice/ˈsakrɪfʌɪs/
noun
- 1. an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity: "they offer sacrifices to the spirits" Similar
- 2. Christ's offering of himself in the Crucifixion.
verb
- 1. offer or kill as a religious sacrifice: "the goat was sacrificed at the shrine" Similar
- 2. give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations: "working hard doesn't mean sacrificing your social life" Similar
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: an act of offering to a deity something precious. especially : the killing of a victim on an altar. 2. : something offered in sacrifice. 3. a. : destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else. b. : something given up or lost. the sacrifices made by parents. 4. : loss. goods sold at a sacrifice. 5. : sacrifice bunt. sacrifice
the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else: make a sacrifice We had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education. at great sacrifice They cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice.
the person, animal, or thing so offered. the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something considered as having a higher or more pressing claim. the thing so surrendered or devoted. a loss incurred in selling something below its value. Also sacrifice hit.
SACRIFICE definition: 1. something valuable that you give up in order to achieve something, or the act of giving it up…. Learn more.
A sacrifice is a loss or something you give up, usually for the sake of a better cause. Parents sacrifice time and sleep to take care of their children, while kids might sacrifice TV time to hang out with mom and dad.
sacrifice. noun. /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ [countable, uncountable] the fact of giving up something important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important; something that you give up in this way. The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality.
If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. They sacrificed family life to their careers. [ V n + to/for ]
n. 1. a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil. 2. a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity. 3. a symbolic offering of something to a deity.
SACRIFICE meaning: 1 : the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone; 2 : an act of killing a person or animal in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god
Definition of sacrifice verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
