Synonyms for devote
dɪˈvoʊtde·vote

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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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Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

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. Donald Trump:

   I didn't devote tremendous time to it, i didn't expect to do so well.

2. Frederick Winslow Taylor:

   Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerably amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and convince his employer that he is going at a good price.

3. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.

4. Chris Viehbacher:

   I could never devote enough time to that as a big company CEO. That's what I get to do now.

5. Voltaire:

   ...So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.