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Synonyms for devote
dɪˈvoʊtde·vote
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Princeton's WordNet
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devoteverb
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"
Synonyms:
commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, institutionalize, place, put, impart, pass on, perpetrate, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, vow, fall in, make, pay, charge, throw, sanctify, gift, kick in, feed, ordinate, break, institutionalise, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, hold, ordain, pass, render, intrust, hallow, practice, sacrifice, yield, turn over, send, confide, leave, invest, give way, bless, consecrate, generate, contribute, entrust, trust, pull, afford, order, handgive, pay, devoteverb
dedicate
"give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
Synonyms:
make up, commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, impart, compensate, pass on, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, throw, ante up, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, pay up, hold, pass, render, sacrifice, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, generate, contribute, afford, pay off, hand, beardevoteverb
set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
"this land was devoted to mining"
Synonyms:
consecrate, dedicate, commit, give, pay
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#26 | have | |
#132 | make | |
#173 | order | |
#233 | send | |
#283 | open | |
#316 | place | |
#357 | return | |
#555 | give | |
#591 | gift | |
#599 | pay | |
#644 | hand | |
#679 | put | |
#805 | present | |
#956 | practice | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1230 | focus | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1293 | feed | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1495 | trust | |
#1618 | break | |
#1732 | grant | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2919 | spend | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3410 | contribute | |
#3810 | pull | |
#3965 | generate | |
#4105 | commit | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4557 | yield | |
#5672 | founder | |
#6020 | afford | |
#6187 | invest | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#9280 | sacrifice | |
#9495 | bless | |
#9759 | render | |
#13777 | allocate | |
#15260 | compensate | |
#20131 | devote | |
#24560 | vow | |
#26228 | dedicate | |
#27523 | ordinate | |
#32596 | impart | |
#32801 | expend | |
#39367 | entrust | |
#69751 | confide | |
#70462 | sanctify | |
#73610 | ordain | |
#75931 | earmark | |
#82104 | hallow | |
#85968 | institutionalize | |
#89565 | perpetrate | |
#92642 | consecrate | |
#119253 | intrust | |
#123821 | enshrine | |
#230878 | institutionalise |
How to use devote in a sentence?
Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.
Confucius, The Confucian Analects:
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
That's particularly true of presidential candidates, most of whom must devote two years of their lives to hard-fought campaigns that involve staggering personal and financial sacrifices, all in an effort to serve their country. And then there's Trump.
We put our money where our mouth is, we are lucky. We’re a large zoo with a good income that can devote resources to( conservation), and we are effective in doing so.
I think there are mischaracterizations about him, for me, he’s made Trump Organization a situation where I can really excel at my job and still devote the time necessary for my family.
Translations for devote
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- كرسArabic
- посвещавам, отдавамBulgarian
- consagrarCatalan, Valencian
- zasvětitCzech
- widmenGerman
- αφιερώνωGreek
- pyhittää, omistautua, omistaaFinnish
- consacrer, vouerFrench
- coisrigScottish Gaelic
- הקדישHebrew
- mencurahkanIndonesian
- addīcōLatin
- whakaūMāori
- toewijden, wijdenDutch
- poświęceniePolish
- dedicarPortuguese
- посвящать, посвятитьRussian
- ஒதுக்கTamil
- อุทิศThai
- adamakTurkish
- cống hiếnVietnamese
- 奉獻Chinese
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