sacrifice1 nounsacrifice2 verb
sacrificesac‧ri‧fice1 /ˈsækrəfaɪs/ ●●○ noun 
WORD ORIGINsacrifice1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin sacrificium, from sacer ( ➔ SACRED) + facere ‘to make’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Parenthood often calls for sacrifice.
- Puckett's sacrifice let Gladden score.
- At the opening ceremony for a new building recently, a man made an impassioned speech about the wrongs of animal sacrifice.
- In another, they are merely expendable sacrifices to national economic development.
- Just as everyone was expecting a draw, however, Yusupov made a an unexpected sacrifice of a bishop.
- The sight of another person's suffering and sacrifice stopped me thinking so much about my own problems.
- They evolved a form of worship which required neither priest, Temple nor sacrifice.
- This section speaks of the incompleteness of tongues, prophecy, faith, and sacrifice without love as motivation.
- What Ullman wants is to play every character in her imagination, at great personal sacrifice.
- When the death is commemorated as a sacrifice, this is by way of interpretive metaphor.
WORD SETS
acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The workforce were willing to make sacrifices in order to preserve jobs. She brought three children up single-handedly, often at great personal sacrifice. They made sacrifices to ensure a good harvest. a human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice) Captain Oates made the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The workforce were willing to make sacrifices in order to preserve jobs. She brought three children up single-handedly, often at great personal sacrifice. They made sacrifices to ensure a good harvest. a human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice) Captain Oates made the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.· It was a tremendous act of strength to - refuse that and a real financial sacrifice and gamble.· Providing the safety and stability that children need can mean major financial and personal sacrifices.· Certainly her marriage involved financial sacrifice and for the rest of her life she was almost always short of money.· So, they love to teach, and will make a financial sacrifice to do that.· Many members are making financial sacrifices in order to continue their support.
· In that casual gesture she trampled upon an awesome human achievement and upon great sacrifices contributed by the natural world.· What Ullman wants is to play every character in her imagination, at great personal sacrifice.· Since the latter represents the greater sacrifice it is therefore the relevant cost if the original project is undertaken.· He has a greater appreciation of sacrifice.· We paid for this with great sacrifices, and we will never leave.· C Troop, in effect, split that attack but did so at great sacrifice to itself.· Far greater sacrifices were required from Rochester, who volunteered to take Willis in as a lodger.
· She may have originated with the notion of human sacrifice to ensure plentiful crops, for her actions were often bloodthirsty.· There are also stories which point back clearly to a time when there was human sacrifice.· Some certainly saw her as a kind of human sacrifice, albeit a willing one.· Just as humans depend on plants to live, so the Gods depend on human sacrifices for a kind of sustenance.· Hale's eyes stare knowingly at the viewer, a human sacrifice to an alienated and consumerist culture.· Later accounts held that the Druids made Stonehenge, where they supposedly practiced human sacrifice.· He was dressed as a wizard and the whole place was full of drawings of human sacrifices and magic designs.· Believing gods were pacified by human blood, they killed thousands in human sacrifice.
· We could ask, for example: what sort of personal sacrifices might people have to make in order to reduce pollution?· What Ullman wants is to play every character in her imagination, at great personal sacrifice.· Brave personal sacrifices are juxtaposed with quirky moments.· Providing the safety and stability that children need can mean major financial and personal sacrifices.· These three young men have demonstrated a personal commitment and sacrifice which inspired them to attempt this daunting journey with enthusiasm.
· I was beginning to feel like a ritual sacrifice.· Studying economics was more a ritual sacrifice.· The livestock being killed are a ritual sacrifice to the gods of global markets.· I felt I was being dressed for ritual sacrifice and looked for bloodstains on the gloves.· When it is made the object of ritual sacrifice, its extraordinary power is made part of an orderly ritual.
· We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice.· He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice.· You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.· These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice.· For her, the only supreme sacrifice would have been in giving up her husband.
· In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice.· The ultimate sacrifice and the 100-meter backstroke.· Also there, Captain Oates, the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.· This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony, but all the bees in the colony are genetically related.
NOUN· At the opening ceremony for a new building recently, a man made an impassioned speech about the wrongs of animal sacrifice.· The Buid perform at least five different kinds of animal sacrifice, each intended for a different type of spirit.· Although carefully controlled, aggression is an inescapable aspect of Buid animal sacrifice.
VERB· What you're really saying is that I've no right to ask Madeleine to make sacrifices.· Union leaders counter that the workers alone are being asked to make sacrifices.
· It is important, however, to realise that discipleship still involves this sacrifice for some.· Warning colours work well with educated predators but do involve repeated sacrifices as young hunters learn their trade.· Such positions usually require long periods of training which involve certain sacrifices such as loss of income.
· In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice.· Water users are making sacrifices to solve their environmental problems.· She was prepared to make sacrifices for it, but there seemed to be no way she could even begin.· Union leaders counter that the workers alone are being asked to make sacrifices.· Too often in lean times the poorest are asked to make the largest sacrifices.· To prepare for the child, the family had to make sacrifices.· What you're really saying is that I've no right to ask Madeleine to make sacrifices.· The key is that if Sergei wants to play and is willing to make the sacrifices.
· The kings of Assyria were accustomed to offer foundation sacrifices of precious substances.· They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon.· So she was very happy to offer a second sacrifice.
· She was prepared to make sacrifices for it, but there seemed to be no way she could even begin.· It was nuts-and-bolts work, with a salary next to nothing, but he was prepared to bear the sacrifices.· But Hill, at least, is prepared to make sacrifices.· His directors, however, were prepared for no such sacrifice ....
· Yeltsin took drastic steps to move his country toward a market economy, steps that required severe sacrifice for millions of people.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[countable, uncountable] when you decide not to have something valuable, in order to get something that is more important: - Also there, Captain Oates, the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.
- He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice.
- In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice.
- These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice.
- This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony, but all the bees in the colony are genetically related.
- We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice.
- You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
- After offering a prayer, the virgin expired.
- Can you find somewhere to offer up a prayer? 36.
- Each morning the strike council opened business by some one offering a prayer.
- So in offering prayers for downtrodden races, I would advise you not to overlook the downtrodden tourist.
- They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon.
- These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice.
- We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice.
- You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
The minister stressed the need for economic sacrifice. The workforce were willing to make sacrifices in order to preserve jobs. She brought three children up single-handedly, often at great personal sacrifice.2 a)[countable, uncountable] the act of offering something to a god, especially in the past, by killing an animal or person in a religious ceremony: They made sacrifices to ensure a good harvest. b)[countable] an animal, person, or object offered to a god in sacrificesacrifice to In those days, an animal was offered as a sacrifice to God. a human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice)3literary the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice the act of dying while you are fighting for a principle or in order to help other people: Captain Oates made the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.sacrifice1 nounsacrifice2 verb
sacrificesacrifice2 ●●○ verb 1[transitive] to willingly stop having something you want or doing something you like in order to get something more importantsacrifice something for something A Labour government chose to sacrifice defence for welfare.sacrifice something to do something He sacrificed a promising career to look after his kids.sacrifice yourself (for something) mothers who sacrifice themselves for their childrenRegisterIn everyday English, people often say give up rather than sacrifice:· He gave up a promising career to look after his kids.2[intransitive, transitive] to kill an animal or person and offer them to a god in a religious ceremony