dedicate
/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/verb3 syllables
Dedicate means: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
Synonyms for dedicate10
What does dedicate mean?4
verb
1
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause“She committed herself to the work of God”
2
open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building“The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes”
3
inscribe or address by way of compliment“She dedicated her book to her parents”
4
set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Dedicate in a sentence
- I've been dedicating my whole life to language learning, roughly speaking.LoverofEnglish
- I want to dedicate my life to music.rul
- Who are you going to dedicate the book to?araneo
- I want to dedicate this song to him.sacredceltic
- I dedicate these tears to all the deceased.marcelostockle
- I want to dedicate all my time to this project.CK
- Why did you decide to dedicate yourself to that career?DJ_Saidez
- I'd like to dedicate this song to my mom.Hybrid
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of dedicate
as a verb
- past tense
- dedicated
- present participle
- dedicating
- third-person singular
- dedicates
- past participle
- dedicated