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devote English

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devote Verb

— If someone devotes time or energy to something, they feel that it is important and they spend a lot of time or energy on it. I devoted ten years of my life to writing that book. She decided to devote her life to nursing.

devote

— 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 (= give, pay) dedicate give thought to give priority to pay attention to — verb set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use this land was devoted to mining

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devote English » English

dedicate consecrate give sacrifice offer commit set apart for sanctify donate contribute apply allot upright spend relinquish pay lift up hallow find contribution bestow be honest be faithful allocate yield waste wallow undertake tribute throw oneself into strain set aside set apart serve seize rubricate reserve rack promise pledge pass offer up loyal keep back invest grant give up fidanzarsi exert all one’s effort establish oneself

Topics devote topics

What do people use devote to talk about?
Social behavior

Behavior
Social behavior Religion Practice religion

Dedicate to religious use
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

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Conjugation devote conjugation

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devote · verb

Examples devote examples

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Simple sentences

I intend to devote a few hours a day to the study of English.
I will devote myself to studying for the entrance exams.
Some students devote themselves to sports and neglect their studies.
You have to devote yourself to the task.
Jane says she will devote her whole life to teaching, and never, never marry, because you are paid a salary for teaching, but a husband won't pay you anything.
Devote your whole attention to your duties.
I will devote my life to the study of history.
He intends to devote his life to curing the sick in India.

Movie subtitles

For allowing me to devote all my time to my writing.
Devote your full time to it?
Moriarity will devote all his energies to taking his revenge upon me and if I have a companion.
I'll devote myself to John but in between, I'll make my presence felt amongst the others.
Once I promised you to devote myself to the welfare of our country.
I've decided to devote myself to some serious study.
You have despised riches refused honours and denied yourself the simplest joys in order to devote yourself entirely to the service of the intellect.
The Princess who pretends to be so deeply affected will be free to devote herself entirely to her new love.
You'll need freedom to devote all your time to your new passion.
I can see that you would devote yourself for the one you love and you'd sacrifice anything for his happiness.
I only play the cornet, but I'm ready to devote my whole life to you.
Uh-huh. Well, we will devote ourselves to general subjects.
From now on you must devote your entire life to me.
I intended to devote my work to the study of the element oxygen.
As the first man to represent Frenchmen in Algeria, my newspaper would like to devote an article to you.
I will devote the rest of my life to God.
I will now devote myself to peace and rebuilding.
After appearing in a crowd scene on the stage of London's Haymarket Theatre, Rains, at age 10 in 1900, made the monumental decision to devote his life to the theatre.
It would amuse me to devote the rest of my days to- to her.
We are able to devote our lives to Dora.
I'd like to devote my remaining years to abstract science.
I shall devote myself to the trust that you all have placed in me.
I am prepared to devote to you all of tonight. even longer, if necessary.
I'm going to devote the rest of my life to making you happy.
I'll devote myself to him.
My dear boy, you should devote your talents to the good of society.
I'm going to devote my life to making you miserable- especially after what you did at the Whitsons' tonight.
I never broached the subject because I took it for granted that you would devote yourself entirely to me.
To devote my entire efforts to you.
And Jett, never forgetting this kindness. is ever ready to devote his resources. to the greater glory of the state which reared him. which, in turn, does honor to him tonight. in this great gathering here at present.
Now, this has necessarily forced me. to devote more of my time to some things and less to others.
From then on, I vowed to devote myself exclusively to the happiness of others, in the plural, but never to the happiness of another, in the singular.
Miss Golightly further announces her intention to devote her many considerable talents to the inmediate capture, for the purpose of matrimony, of Mr. Rutherford.
I'll devote my life to my country!
I wish I could devote you my new creation.
I didn't devote my whole life to this project to have it destroyed now.
He chose to devote his knowledge to Starfleet instead of the Vulcan Science Academy.

News and current affairs

To achieve their aims, they use reason and evidence to ensure that whatever resources they devote to doing good will be as effective as possible.
PRINCETON - As US President Barack Obama begins his second term, he will have to devote much of his attention to figuring out how to get America's domestic finances in order.
Europe currently lacks military muscle because it made a decision a half-century ago to be protected by the US and devote the saved resources to building up its welfare state.
So Texas decided to devote its oil money to an educational endowment.
Likewise, most economists devote their efforts to issues far removed from establishing a consensus outlook for the stock market or the unemployment rate.
The state must improve public services, strengthen the educational system, and devote greater resources to research and development.
Aside from refusing to recognize the importance of global warming, encourage conservation, or devote enough funds to research to make a real difference, Bush's grandiose promise of a reduction of dependence on Middle East oil means less than it appears.
Young Olympians devote their lives to their sport for the opportunity to match themselves against the world's most gifted and dedicated athletes.
As soon as he takes office as President of the European Commission, Durao Barroso - Portugal's former Prime Minister - should devote urgent attention to restoring order and focus to the European Union's economic policies.
Moreover, where the private sector does play an essential role - vaccine development - it has little incentive to devote resources to diseases that afflict the poor or poor countries.
It also gives mothers more time to devote to raising their children and investing in the next generation.
After all, during his first nine months in office, Bush declared that he would devote tremendous attention to the hemisphere, and his actions seemed to back up his rhetoric.
Currently, many police devote their energies to shaking down citizens for bribes, and some moonlight in death squads.
So, even though potential usefulness is the reason why governments devote so much money to scientific research, people really expect more from science than that.
The government should take the weak ten-year projection as a warning and a reason to devote policies to reducing fiscal deficits and strengthening incentives for growth.
The point is the choice: the choice of how much energy to devote to one's home, the choice of a career based on passion, and the choice of a genuinely equal partner.
If pundits continue to insist that the system failed, wonks will devote time and effort to figuring out how to fix what is not broken.
There will be a new German government, European Parliament elections, and, at the end of the year, a new European Commission. It is here that political leaders should devote their efforts.
Yet it is extraordinary how little political time or energy we devote to doing so.
Meanwhile, the European Union is fighting for its survival, and cannot devote its energies to an uncertain battle.
Vogel recommends a full and objective official account of the suffering Japan's military aggression caused, lengthening the time that students must devote to modern Japanese history, and including regional reactions and criticism in that study.
A politically incorrect but rational strategy would be for rich countries to devote resources to developing countries primarily for surveillance.
Japanese governments could devote their energy to building up the country's industrial wealth, while the US took care of security, and by extension much of Japan's foreign policy.
Europe, to be blunt, must devote more energy in the years ahead to addressing its micro challenges rather than to promoting grand ideas.
Thus, Pakistan should not devote so much of its energy to improving its access to the US textile market, as it now does.
And yet there is something unique about the Holocaust that made the United Nations single it out and devote a special day to its commemoration.

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