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Meanings of
devote
(devoting)
in English
Portuguese
prestar
Catalan
consagrar-se
Spanish
prestar
Back to the meaning
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
give
pay
commit
dedicate
consecrate
Portuguese
prestar
Synonyms
Examples for "
give
"
give
pay
commit
dedicate
consecrate
Examples for "
give
"
1
Public opinion polls on the EU referendum question
give
a confused picture.
2
So for example, let me
give
you an example: the music business.
3
Ask her,' he says gently, 'to
give
the young woman good advice.
4
EU treaty changes to
give
the UK greater control over its borders.
5
France will choose to try the case or
give
Rwanda the case.
1
Few American or South African 'people'
pay
much attention to the words.
2
However the question is, would any party
pay
that price for power?
3
Government departments and commercial semi state bodies take 50 days to
pay
.
4
Russia has repeatedly said Ukraine must now
pay
the going market rate.
5
They went back to work today with better
pay
and better conditions.
1
This week: Trump refused to
commit
to a peaceful transition of power.
2
The conditions attached included that other developed countries
commit
to comparable reductions.
3
Horan was still unable to
commit
to the position for another year.
4
That letter had given the WHO 30 days to
commit
to reforms.
5
But by the way, you don't
commit
500 million right up front.
1
Therefore, I want to
dedicate
this space to all of my readers.
2
I
dedicate
two hours of each day to training and physical exercise.
3
He needed now but
dedicate
him in the moral sense to God.
4
She took leave last year to
dedicate
her self solely to fencing.
5
Let's see what happens if I really
dedicate
myself to sport climbing.
1
To-day we
consecrate
it to the service of the whole Mexican family.
2
He was following us up to
consecrate
the graves of our battlefields.
3
Objection 1: It seems that a wicked priest cannot
consecrate
the Eucharist.
4
Objection 1: It seems that a degraded priest cannot
consecrate
this sacrament.
5
Let us name the holy city, and
consecrate
it with Lesbian Wine.
Usage of
devoting
in English
1
EBONY: So you're
devoting
at least 10 more years to this industry.
2
Apparel manufacturing is another sector
devoting
considerable energy to collaborative growth models.
3
The IRS is
devoting
more time and money to combat identity theft.
4
Seems that he's
devoting
himself diligently to the business, so people say.
5
These are free men that are
devoting
their honest labor to you.
6
Michael Heseltine is
devoting
his time to his business and his arboretum.
7
He's almost himself again if he's
devoting
his time to practical jokes.
8
You are always
devoting
yourself; if not to me, to some other.
9
The occupation to which she was
devoting
herself astonished and repelled me.
10
Young men
devoting
themselves to the ministry frequently receive gifts of money.
11
In August, 1858, Newman was again
devoting
much time to Latin versification:-
12
Many hapless young Seattleites have found themselves
devoting
their lives to Amazon.
13
Being with the Yankees this long,
devoting
myself to the organization .
14
And maybe he'd find that
devoting
his life to service paid dividends.
15
Am
devoting
a little more time than usual to my military books.
16
Young women
devoting
their lives to the service of the Unnamed God?
Other examples for "devoting"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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devoting
devote
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
devote more
devote much
devote so
devote time
devote special
More collocations
Translations for
devoting
Portuguese
prestar
dedicar
comprometer
Catalan
consagrar-se
dedicar
consagrar
dedicar-se
Spanish
prestar
dar
dedicar
consagrar
Devoting
through the time
Devoting
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common