he devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children.
he devoted all his attention to his mother.
i could only devote two hours a day to work on the project
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devote
(verb)BrE / dɪˈvəʊt / NAmE / dɪˈvoʊt /
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She devoted herself entirely to writing.
He devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children.
He devoted all his attention to his mother.
I could only devote two hours a day to work on the project
Most companies devote resources to quality control and product testing.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they devote
he / she / it devotes
past simple devoted
past participle devoted
-ing form devoting
Word Origin
late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘dedicate formally, consecrate’): from Latin devot- ‘consecrated’, from the verb devovere, from de- ‘formally’ + vovere ‘to vow’.
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