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dedicated, ppl. a.|ˈdɛdɪkeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. a. Sacredly, solemnly, or formally devoted; wholly given up, etc.; inscribed (as a book).
c1600Shakes. Sonn. lxxxii. 3 The dedicated words which writers use Of their fair subject, blessing every book. 1611Bible 2 Kings xii. 4 All the money of the dedicated things. 1661Boyle Style of Script. Ep. Ded. (1675) 2 In the dedicated book. 1805Wordsw. Prelude iv. Wks. (1888) 261/2 That I should be..A dedicated Spirit.
b. Of a person: devoted to his aims or his vocation; single-minded in loyalty to his beliefs, or in his artistic or professional integrity.
1944Auden For Time Being (1945) i. iii. 55 Having learnt his language, I begin to feel something of the serio-comic embarrassment of the dedicated dramatist. 1955N. King Shadow of Doubt ii, in J. Trewin Plays of Year 1954–55 XII. 527 Laura... Have you ever met a really{ddd}dedicated person? Frank. Yes. Yes, I think so. Particularly one during the War. He was a doctor. 1971M. Russell Deadline xi. 130 I'm dedicated, Smutty... Let me show my true worth.
2. Of equipment, a facility, etc.: designed, manufactured, or installed so as to be available only for a particular purpose or a particular category of user.
1969Times 27 Oct. 19/4 The bulk of M.I.T.'s computers are the so-called ‘dedicated’ computers, like the stolen one. They are dedicated, that is, to a particular function—usually some on-line process control function. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 9/4 Line costs are negligible. A dedicated line open 24 hours a day costs $4 a mile a month. 1972Sci. Amer. Sept. 112/3 If one user wants to correspond with another user frequently and on an exclusive basis, it makes sense to set up a ‘dedicated’ channel between the two. 1978Industr. Photogr. Nov. 27/1 ‘Dedicated’ electronic flash units matched to the sophisticated exposure controls and capabilities of specified 35 mm single lens reflex cameras. 1983What's New in Computing Jan. 25/1 It is a dedicated word processor which is small..and has the advantage of a proven user-friendly operating system. 1985Personal Computer World Feb. 30/2 (Advt.), All but the smallest documents tie up the computer while being printed... This is more so in a network which does not have a dedicated computer for printer operation. 1986Which? May 215/1 Some cameras set the aperture automatically..when the dedicated flash is turned on.
Sense 2 in Dict. becomes 2 b. Add: [2.] a. Forestry. Of private woodland: managed for timber production according to an approved plan and with financial assistance from the forest authority.
1943Post-War Forest Policy (Forestry Comm.) 111 It is also assumed that the same ratio will apply in the case of dedicated plantations requiring replanting. 1948Forestry Comm. Booklet No. 2. 6 The Forestry Commissioners are prepared to make available, to Owners of dedicated woodlands, loans to cover a substantial part of the costs of replanting. 1954W. E. Hiley Woodland Managem. xxii. 385 Dedicated woods are not subject to Tree Preservation Orders. 1976Cumberland News 3 Dec. 1/1 This part of my land is dedicated woodland so it had to be planted.
c. Of a ship or other vehicle carrying passengers or goods: allocated to a particular purpose or route. Also transf. of the route or service itself.
1971M. Tak Truck Talk 42 Dedicated. A tractor-trailer combination or a trailer is said to be dedicated to a particular terminal if it must return there directly after making a delivery in order to pick up another load. 1979Aviation Week 26 Nov. 23/1 It hires an eight-truck dedicated convoy every day to transport the fuel to Chicago. 1980Business Week 27 Oct. 66h/2 Many shippers believe that coal-fired ships would have to be put into service on such dedicated routes. 1983Railway Mag. Nov. 464/1 At least one of the MkII coaches being allocated to the Victoria-Gatwick dedicated service..already has been repainted. 1986Industry Week 27 Oct. 66/2 Emery's fixed costs are high; unlike airfreight forwarders, it has its own dedicated fleet of planes and trucks to service the U.S. market. |