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devote
[dih-voht]
verb (used with object)
to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc..
to devote one's time to reading.
Synonyms: , ,to appropriate by or as if by a vow; set apart or dedicate by a solemn or formal act; consecrate.
She devoted her life to God.
to commit to evil or destruction; doom.
devote
/ ɪˈəʊ /
verb
to apply or dedicate (oneself, time, money, etc) to some pursuit, cause, etc
obsoleteto curse or doom
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈdzٱԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of devote1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Years of using Bill Plaschke’s notoriously incorrect Super Bowl predictions for betting guidance has led me to believe that Bill owes me, as well as his many devoted readers, a significant debt.
His legacy is of course in the music, and any interpreter of that legacy has to be sharp and devoted to it.
With the hit single “California Girls,” Wilson began shifting his approach to the group’s music precipitously, devoting inordinate effort to constructing the song’s introduction.
James Joyce’s "Ulysses" rained em dashes on winding sentences that he had already stripped of quotation marks, resulting in prose so unruly that numerous reading groups are devoted specifically to parsing it.
Long-term investment in transport infrastructure is clearly central to Labour's plan for "national renewal", so a good chunk of the chancellor's speech was devoted to various upgrades.
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