devote sth to sth/sb
— phrasal verb with devote uk/dɪˈvəʊt/us/dɪˈvoʊt/verb
B2 to give all of something, especially your time, effort, or love, or yourself, to something you believe in or to a person:
He left the Senate to devote more time to his family.
She has devoted all her energies/life to the care of homeless people.
At the age of 25, he decided to devote himself to God.
B2 [ passive ] to use a space, area, time, etc. for a particular purpose:
Over half his speech was devoted to the issue of unemployment.
The report recommends that more resources be devoted to teaching four-year-olds.
More examples
- It isn't a subject to which I devote a great deal of thought.
- She has devoted herself to getting justice for her son.
- They've just launched a new commercial radio station devoted to classical music.
- Most news magazines devote a section to external affairs.
- The charter states that the press shall be devoted to printing and publishing in the furtherance and dissemination of knowledge.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving oneself
- dedicate
- give your life to sth idiom
- life
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