VERB | communication | dedicate, give, consecrate, commit, devote | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
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social | dedicate | open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building | |
communication | dedicate | inscribe or address by way of compliment | |
cognition | dedicate | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church |
Sounds | deh'dahkey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Synonyms | give, consecrate, commit, devote | |
Narrower | apply | apply oneself to |
rededicate | dedicate anew | |
vow, consecrate | dedicate to a deity by a vow | |
Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ | put into service |
Similar to | give | offer in good faith |
sacrifice, give | endure the loss of | |
Spanish | comprometer, consagrarse, consagrar, dedicarse, dedicar | |
Catalan | consagrar-se, consagrar, dedicar-se, dedicar | |
Nouns | dedication | the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action |
dedication | complete and wholehearted fidelity | |
dedication | a message that makes a pledge | |
dedication | a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose |
Meaning | open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | inaugurate, kick off | commence officially |
Spanish | dedicar | |
Catalan | dedicar | |
Nouns | dedication | a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose |
Meaning | inscribe or address by way of compliment. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Example | "She dedicated her book to her parents" | |
Narrower | inscribe | address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication |
Broader | give, render | bestow |
Spanish | dedicar | |
Catalan | dedicar | |
Nouns | dedication | a short / short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something |
Meaning | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | assign, specify, set apart | select something or someone for a specific purpose |
Spanish | consagrarse, dedicarse | |
Catalan | consagrar-se, dedicar-se | |
Nouns | dedication | a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose |
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