Synonyms for devote
dɪˈvoʊtde·vote

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1. 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, hand

2. give, 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, bear

3. devoteverb

   set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use

   "this land was devoted to mining"

   Synonyms:
   consecrate, dedicate, commit, give, pay

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1. • Reserve
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. devoteverb

   Synonyms:
   appropriate (by vow), consecrate, dedicate, destine, set apart

2. devoteverb

   Synonyms:
   addict, apply, resign, give up

3. devoteverb

   Synonyms:
   doom, give over

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1. List of paraphrases for "devote":

   dedicate, spend, allocate, enshrine, pay, expend, earmark, consecrate, give, commit, focus, invest

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How to use devote in a sentence?

1. Vice President Joe Biden:

   Unless I can go to my party and the American people and say that I'm able to devote my whole heart and my whole soul to this endeavor, it would not be appropriate, and everybody talks about a lot of other factors: The other people in the race and whether I can raise the money and whether I can get an organization. That's not the factor. The factor is can I do it? Can my family?

2. Information Act officer:

   Currently, this project is staffed fulltime by a project manager and two case analysts, as well as nine FOIA reviewers who devote the entirety of their time at the State Department to this effort.

3. Ross Benes:

   It's a special type of marketer who wants to devote that much time, resources and money to attach themselves to a video game.

4. Mark Brayshaw:

   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.

5. Ryan Pack:

   Religion: Any religion that inspires, encourages, motivates, coerces, compels, forces, unjust behaviors, acts, or constraints, prohibits, just behaviors, acts, is not a religion at all, it is a false teaching. Don't ever devote yourself to it.