devote

/dɪˈvoʊt/

verb B2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

3rd person singular
devotes
past
devoted
past participle
devoted
gerund
devoting

Meaning

  1. dedicar, consagrar

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

consecrate

Consecrate is specifically religious, to formally dedicate something sacred; devote is the general word for dedicating time or effort to anything.

dedicate

Near-total synonyms for committing time or effort to something; largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

widmen

widmen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to dedicate, to devote."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa devote?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: He ___ his free time to painting.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a devote?

verb

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