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dedicate

/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/verb3 syllables

Dedicate means: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.

Synonyms for dedicate10

verb, as in give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

give, consecrate, commit, devote, sacrifice

also used for dedicate

allocate, give up, behallow, hallow, earmark

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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