āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
dedicate
/dËÉdÉĒkËeâÉĒt/
to dedicate
01
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to give all or most of one's time, effort, or resources to a particular activity, cause, or person
Transitive: to dedicate one's time or resources to a goal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She wants to dedicate her life to environmental conservation.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ¸āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž
to officially make something available for the public to use
Transitive: to dedicate a building or area
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They dedicated the library after years of planning and construction.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to formally declare a building, like a church, as sacred and devoted to a deity or saint
Transitive: to dedicate a building | to dedicate a building to a saint or deity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The bishop will dedicate the new building this Sunday.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻĒ āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to formally name someone in recognition or honor in a book, artwork, or performance
Transitive: to dedicate a book or work of art to sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The composer dedicated the symphony to his mentor.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĢāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
dedicated
dedication
rededicate
dedicate
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
