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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 | |
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#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?
I didn't devote tremendous time to it, i didn't expect to do so well.
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.
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.
I could never devote enough time to that as a big company CEO. That's what I get to do now.
...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.
Translations for devote
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- كرسArabic
- посвещавам, отдавамBulgarian
- consagrarCatalan, Valencian
- zasvětitCzech
- widmenGerman
- αφιερώνωGreek
- pyhittää, omistaa, omistautuaFinnish
- consacrer, vouerFrench
- coisrigScottish Gaelic
- הקדישHebrew
- mencurahkanIndonesian
- addīcōLatin
- whakaūMāori
- toewijden, wijdenDutch
- poświęceniePolish
- dedicarPortuguese
- посвящать, посвятитьRussian
- ஒதுக்கTamil
- อุทิศThai
- adamakTurkish
- 奉獻Chinese
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