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devote

/dɪˈvəʊt/

An illustration for devote

verb

to decide to use or give something for something else

  • “My job prevented me from devoting myself fully to you.”Tatoeba
  • “A whole chapter of the book is devoted to him.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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