devote
UK/dɪˈvəʊt//dɪˈvoʊt/
devote verb: to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
Verb
devote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted)
- to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
- They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.
- I devoted this afternoon to repainting my study, and nothing will get in my way.
- to consign over; to doom
- to devote one to destruction
- The city was devoted to the flames.
- to execrate; to curse
Adjective
devote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)
devote meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
devote in Tamil
- ஈடுபடுத்து, ஈடுபாடுகொள்
devote in Urdu
- معنون کرنا, منسوب کرنا, نذر کرنا
devote in Bengali
- উৎসর্গ করা, নিয়োজিত করা
devote in Malayalam
- ഉഴിഞ്ഞുവയ്ക്കുക, സമർപ്പിക്കുക, ദൈവികകാര്യങ്ങൾക്കായി നീക്കി വയ്ക്കുക, വിനിയോഗിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- devote in Kannada
- ಅರ್ಪಿಸು, ಮೀಸಲಾಗಿಡು, ನಿವೇದಿಸು, ಬೇರೆಯಾಗಿಡು
- devote in Arabic
- توفر على, صرف همته إلى
- devote in Thai
- อุทิศ ù-tít
Examples of devote in a sentence
- He is the Chief of this far Countrey; and to his service, carnal and wicked men devote themselves.1678, Obadiah Grew, Meditations Upon Our Saviour's Parable of The Prodigal Son:
- a leafless and simple branch […] devoted to the purpose of climbing1879, Asa Gray, Botanical Text-book:
Forms of devote
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | devotes |
| present participle | devoting |
| past participle | devoted |
| past | devoted |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more devote |
| superlative | most devote |
Origin of devote
Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful.
Words formed from devote
Words that rhyme with devote
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- bote
- capote
- denote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- undercoat
- cote
- demote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- blót
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- lote
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- phot
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about devote
- What does devote mean?
- Devote means to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
- What is devote in Tamil?
- Devote in Tamil is ஈடுபடுத்து, ஈடுபாடுகொள். See Devote meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use devote in a sentence?
- He is the Chief of this far Countrey; and to his service, carnal and wicked men devote themselves.
- What part of speech is devote?
- Devote can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce devote?
- Devote is pronounced /dɪˈvəʊt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of devote?
- The past tense of devote is devoted.
Words near devote in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: devote (page history and authors); devote (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devote (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Devote (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devote (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devote (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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