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verb
- 1. devote (time or effort) to a particular task or purpose: "Joan has dedicated her life to animals" Similar
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to give completely your energy, time, etc. to something: He dedicated his life to helping the poor. If you dedicate a book, play, performance, etc., to someone or something, you say publicly that it is in honor of that person or thing: This book is dedicated to my children, Claire and Tom.
dedicate implies solemn and exclusive devotion to a sacred or serious use or purpose. dedicated her life to medical research. consecrate stresses investment with a solemn or sacred quality. consecrate a church to the worship of God.
Dedicate definition: to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose. See examples of DEDICATE used in a sentence.
To dedicate is to assign, to commit or to give over. If you dedicate a song you’ve written to a friend, it means the song belongs to them. If you dedicate yourself to a project, it means you give yourself to it.
1. to set apart and consecrate to a deity or sacred purpose. 2. to devote wholly to some purpose or person: to dedicate one's life to public service. 3. to offer formally (a book, piece of music, etc.) to a person, cause, etc., as on a prefatory page, in testimony of affection or respect.
to give completely your energy, time, etc. to something: He dedicated his life to helping the poor. If you dedicate a book, play, performance, etc., to someone or something, you say publicly that it is in honor of that person or thing: This book is dedicated to my children, Claire and Tom.
dedicate. British English: dedicate VERB / ˈdɛdɪkeɪt /. If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important. Back on the island, he dedicated himself to politics.
Definition of dedicate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : devoted to a cause, ideal, or purpose : zealous. a dedicated scholar. a novelist with a dedicated following. 2. : given over to a particular purpose. a dedicated Web server. The fees would be put into a dedicated fund for rebates that go directly to households and employers … Tim Brennan and Marc Breslow. dedicatedly adverb. Synonyms. constant
adjective. wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist. set apart or reserved for a specific use or purpose: dedicated lanes for self-driving cars.
