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devote
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
devotes; devoted; devoting
devotes; devoted; devoting
Learner's definition of DEVOTE
devote to
[phrasal verb] devote (something) to (something or someone)
: to decide that (something) will be used for (a special purpose) : to use (time, money, energy, attention, etc.) for (something)把…用于；把…献给；致力于
- They devote [=dedicate] an hour every day to worship.他们每天花一小时做礼拜。
- She plans to devote part of her vacation to reading.她决定用一部分假期时间来看书。
- Some of the money they raise will be devoted to repairing the church's roof.他们募集的一部分资金将用于修葺教堂屋顶。
- Part of the class was devoted to questions from last week's reading.一部分课堂时间用来解答上周阅读中的问题。
- The magazine will devote an entire issue to this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.杂志将用一整期报道今年的诺贝尔和平奖获得者。
- He devoted [=dedicated] his life/time to helping the poor. = He devoted himself to helping the poor. [=he used his time, energy, etc., to help the poor]他一生都致力于帮助穷人。
- She devoted herself to her family.她全心为家。
devoted; devoting
Synonyms
Example Sentences
I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog. planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college
Recent Examples on the Web Boaters pay the same fuel taxes as motorists when filling their vessels, so the Marine Fuel Tax Program was created in 1970 to reserve a portion of those taxes and devote them to public access on Arkansas's waterways. 
Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2022 With this type of bias, people see great parenting and assume the person probably doesn’t devote herself fully to her job, or sees great professional achievement and assumes the person probably isn’t a great parent. Tracy Brower, Forbes, 10 July 2022 Those plans initially called for retail development at the site along with the school central office but the effort going forward will devote the site to the school system entirely with the addition of the career tech center. Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2022 Richards, a gym teacher, doesn’t have as much time to devote to the game as his contemporaries who play cornhole full-time. Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Or like grooming in other primates, like chimps or monkeys… Emma Chereskin: …where individuals will devote a lot of time and energy into grooming their closest friends to strengthen those relationships. Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2022 Now that her professional tennis days will soon be behind her, perhaps Williams will devote more of her time to her venture capital company, Serena Ventures. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2022 The Marvins planned to run both races together prior to the postponement of the Crow Pass Crossing but Marvin decided to forgo the Matanuska Peak Challenge and devote all of her energy to trying to break another record. Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2022 Councilmember Mike Bonin, another opponent of the restrictions, said city leaders should devote their energy instead toward improving programs that aid homeless Angelenos, such as those that help people with housing vouchers secure an apartment. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 See More
Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2022 With this type of bias, people see great parenting and assume the person probably doesn’t devote herself fully to her job, or sees great professional achievement and assumes the person probably isn’t a great parent. Tracy Brower, Forbes, 10 July 2022 Those plans initially called for retail development at the site along with the school central office but the effort going forward will devote the site to the school system entirely with the addition of the career tech center. Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2022 Richards, a gym teacher, doesn’t have as much time to devote to the game as his contemporaries who play cornhole full-time. Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Or like grooming in other primates, like chimps or monkeys… Emma Chereskin: …where individuals will devote a lot of time and energy into grooming their closest friends to strengthen those relationships. Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2022 Now that her professional tennis days will soon be behind her, perhaps Williams will devote more of her time to her venture capital company, Serena Ventures. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2022 The Marvins planned to run both races together prior to the postponement of the Crow Pass Crossing but Marvin decided to forgo the Matanuska Peak Challenge and devote all of her energy to trying to break another record. Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2022 Councilmember Mike Bonin, another opponent of the restrictions, said city leaders should devote their energy instead toward improving programs that aid homeless Angelenos, such as those that help people with housing vouchers secure an apartment. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin devotus, past participle of devovēre, from de- + vovēre to vow
First Known Use
1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of devote was in 1586 Phrases Containing devote
verb
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