[ US /dɪˈvoʊt/ ]
[ UK /dɪvˈə‍ʊt/ ]
VERB
  1. dedicate
    pay attention to
    give priority to
    give thought to
  2. set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
    this land was devoted to mining
  3. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    consecrate your life to the church
    She committed herself to the work of God
    give one's talents to a good cause
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How To Use devote In A Sentence

  • Siva's devotees are forbidden to use drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, psychedelics and marijuana, unless prescribed by a licensed physician.
  • A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive. Walt Disney 
  • A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive. Walt Disney 
  • One page of the menu is devoted to cheeses (domestic and imported), another to charcuterie, salads, meat and fish, the third to items from the wood-burning oven.
  • Records, is among the thousands of devoted followers who have raised figure skating to new heights of popularity.
  • After this she was not strong enough to work in interventional cardiology and devoted herself to clinical and diagnostic cardiology.
  • I see his sensibility as basically that of an earlier age: he is a chivalric knight devoted to his lady; this devotion is like that of a medieval Christian who lives in the world yet profoundly venerates the Virgin Mary. Sena Jeter Naslund - An interview with author
  • Based on the available methods, this paper devoted to more extensive researches of reliability methods and reliability growth methods. The main innovations are listed as follows.
  • Greg Wood is one of only 150 men and women in this country to devote themselves to the welfare of our horses' gnashers.
  • After too much airtime is devoted to the quartet's training, the contest itself throws up an unexpected hero. Times, Sunday Times
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