devote

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verb

1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause (Freq. 30)
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
• Syn:
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit
• Derivationally related forms:
devotion, devotee, commitment (for: commit), consecration (for: consecrate), dedication (for: dedicate)
• Hypernyms:
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
• Hyponyms:
vow, consecrate, rededicate, apply
• Verb Group:
give, sacrifice
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
2. dedicate (Freq. 5)
- give thought to
- give priority to
- pay attention to
• Syn:
give, pay
• Hypernyms:
think, cogitate, cerebrate
• Verb Group:
sacrifice, give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
- this land was devoted to mining
• Hypernyms:
reserve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  give, pay, dedicate, consecrate, commit