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dedicate English

Meaning dedicate meaning

What does dedicate mean?
Definitions in simple English

dedicate Verb

— To specially set apart for a god or for religious purposes — To save for a special use They dedicated their money to studying science. — To fix yourself to a special action or thought. I dedicated myself to starting my own business. — To address something (for example, a book) to another to show your respect or love. — To open (for example, a building) to the public. — To show something to the public for the first time. dedicate a monument.

dedicate

— verb (= give, consecrate, commit) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause She committed herself to the work of God give one's talents to a good cause consecrate your life to the church — verb inscribe or address by way of compliment She dedicated her book to her parents — verb set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church — verb open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes

Synonyms dedicate synonyms

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dedicate English » English

devote consecrate offer give sacrifice present inaugurate devote to commit set apart for ordain sanctify confer pay lift up hallow contribution contribute bestow assign apply anoint worship wed vow tribute subscribe submit splice set apart serve select rubricate proffer pay homage own ordinate offer up obey miter marry make sacred make an offering make a present of lavish inscribe induct hold give in marriage give in charge

Topics dedicate topics

What do people use dedicate to talk about?
Social behavior Religion Practice religion

Dedicate to religious use

Conjugation dedicate conjugation

How do you conjugate dedicate?

dedicate · verb

Examples dedicate examples

How do I use dedicate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I dedicate this song to my people.
I dedicate this book to my daughter.
Once I retire, I will dedicate my whole time to Tatoeba.
That is a brilliant idea that will enable us to dedicate our undivided attention to the work again.
I dedicate this triumph to my friends.
I dedicate this song to you.
I want to dedicate all my time to this project.
I'd like to dedicate this song to Tom.
I'd like to dedicate this song to my mom.
I'd like to dedicate this song to my mother.
You have to dedicate yourself to the task.
To put it all together, you will have to dedicate twelve hours per week to your training.
I dedicate this song to my umbrella.
I want to dedicate this song to Mary, the most beautiful woman in the world.
I want to dedicate this song to Tom.
I'd like to dedicate this song to Mary.

Movie subtitles

I swear to dedicate my life to the Church.
I would like to dedicate this song to Jayma and Phillip.
I dedicate the death of this noble bull. to the beauty of the women of Spain.
Who did you dedicate the bull to yesterday?
Then why did you dedicate it?
Don't dedicate your days to Sister Therese, neglecting others and yourself.
Oh, well, just for that I'll dedicate the book to you.
Who advised me to dedicate this book to my wife.
I'll dedicate the next one to her.
You dedicate them all to her.
Isn't it strange Mr. Harland didn't dedicate his new book to his wife?
I dedicate this volume.
We dedicate ourselves to a life-and-death brotherhood of buccaneers.
May I dedicate the next number to you, and the next, and the next.
To the Petrograd proletariat, the primary creator of the October, we dedicate our film.
I wish nothing more than to fully dedicate myself to the art of music.
I shall dedicate my life to the memory of you.
To commemorate this special event we now dedicate the new western headquarters of the Santa Fe.
I would like to dedicate this number to a little girl who's about to become a big star because she knows exactly where she's going and who she's going there with.
Anyway, I dedicate this next number to her and to me, too, because. I ain't goin' there with her.
Somebody's got to dedicate himself to it.
To that proposition Mademoiselle, I dedicate myself.
You have to dedicate to me a little time.
She cannot leave because she had a son by her dead husband. and she must dedicate herself to his education.
I have decided to dedicate my life to you.
I'm going to dedicate it to the Virgin.
Regarding Alain and me, I don't intend to dedicate my whole life to him.
We dedicate them to his glory and to the glory of Rome of which you are all part.
Soon we'll be off together and I shall dedicate myself to your happiness.
I tried to dedicate madrigals to your shoulders, but..
I proudly dedicate this monument to our appreciation of this great community.
I dedicate my death to my fans.
You've also been able to dedicate an evening to us.
I've always thought the best way to disrupt the notion of time was to dedicate one's life to a woman.

News and current affairs

The reality is that world leaders have little energy left to dedicate to the seemingly interminable conflict between Israel and Palestine - a conflict that they have tried and failed to resolve innumerable times.
Protesters ideally should dedicate themselves to disciplined, nonviolent disruption in this spirit - especially disruption of traffic.
The best present we could give to the world this Christmas (regardless of whether we celebrate it religiously or not), would be to dedicate ourselves to championing tolerance everywhere.

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