dedicate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈdɛdɪkeɪt/
dedicate (dedicates, present participle dedicating; past and past participle dedicated)
- (transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
- (transitive) To set apart for a special use
- dedicated their money to scientific research.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
- dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.
- (transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
- (transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
- (transitive) To show to the public for the first time
- dedicate a monument.
- (set apart for religious purposes) behallow, hallow; see also Thesaurus:consecrate
- (set apart for a special use) allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
- (commit to a particular course) devote
- French: se consacrer, se dévouer
- German: sich widmen
- Portuguese: dedicar
- Russian: посвящать
- Spanish: dedicarse
- French: dédier
- German: widmen
- Italian: dedicare
- Portuguese: dedicar
- Russian: надпи́сывать
- Spanish: dedicar
dedicate
- (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Dedicate to nothing temporal.
- His life is dedicate to worthiness.
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