| 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 | |
| Catalan | consagrar, dedicar | |
| Spanish | consagrar, 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 | |
| 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 |
| Catalan | dedicar | |
| Spanish | 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 |
| Nouns | dedication | a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose |