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dedications

dedications is the plural of dedication.

Meaning of dedication

Noun

dedication (countable and uncountable, plural dedications)

  1. (uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
    • work with dedication
    Synonyms:
    dedicatedness
  2. (countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.
    • Her dedication for the book was only a cryptic "Once again, for T".
  3. (countable) The event, or the ceremony celebrating it, marking an official completion, opening, or beginning.
    • Near-synonym: inauguration
    Synonyms:
    inauguration
  4. The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property.
    • the dedication of this right-of-way

Phrases with dedications

Questions about dedications

What is dedications the plural of?
Dedications is the plural of dedication.

Words near dedications in the dictionary

  1. dedicatest
  2. dedicateth
  3. dedicating
  4. dedication
  5. dedicational
  6. dedications
  7. dedicative
  8. dedicator
  9. dedicatorial
  10. dedicatorie
  11. dedicatories

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dedications (page history and authors); dedication (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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