DEDICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dedicate mean? 

• DEDICATE (verb)
  The verb DEDICATE has 4 senses:

1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

2. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building

3. inscribe or address by way of compliment

4. set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church

  Familiarity information: DEDICATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEDICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dedicate    ... he / she / it dedicates   
Past simple: dedicated   
Past participle: dedicated   
-ing form: dedicating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

commit; consecrate; dedicate; devote; give

Context example:

consecrate your life to the church

Hypernyms (to "dedicate" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Verb group:

give (offer in good faith)

give; sacrifice (endure the loss of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dedicate"):

consecrate; vow (dedicate to a deity by a vow)

rededicate (dedicate anew)

apply (apply oneself to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

dedication (the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action)

dedication (complete and wholehearted fidelity)

dedication (a message that makes a pledge)

dedication (a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes

Hypernyms (to "dedicate" is one way to...):

inaugurate; kick off (commence officially)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dedication (a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Inscribe or address by way of compliment

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

She dedicated her book to her parents

Hypernyms (to "dedicate" is one way to...):

give; render (bestow)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dedicate"):

inscribe (address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

dedication (a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "dedicate" is one way to...):

assign; set apart; specify (select something or someone for a specific purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dedication (a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose)

 Context examples 

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey is dedicated to improving the prevention, detection, treatment, and care of patients with cancer, through the translation of laboratory discoveries into clinical practice.

(Cancer Institute of New Jersey, NCI Thesaurus)

A group dedicated to innovative clinical research designed to improve the prognosis of women with breast cancer.

(International Breast Cancer Study Group, NCI Thesaurus)

A network dedicated to studying inherited predispositions to cancer.

(Cancer Genetics Network, NCI Thesaurus)

The Animal Models Service Shared Resource is primarily dedicated to the production, development and characterization of biomedical relevant animal models and species for cancer research including transgenic, knockout, mutant, etc. experimental animal lines.

(Animal Models Service Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

A periodical dedicated to a particular subject.

(Journal, NCI Thesaurus)

The City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center is an independent medical and research institution dedicated to developing innovative, disease-fighting strategies in the battle against cancer.

(City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

Finally, I have alluded to Mr. Thackeray, because to him—if he will accept the tribute of a total stranger—I have dedicated this second edition of "JANE EYRE."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A space equiped and dedicated to the care of dental patients.

(Dental Operatory, NCI Thesaurus)

A computer-based clinical information system that is dedicated to collecting, storing, manipulating, and making available clinical information important to the delivery of patient care.

(Electronic Health Record System, NCI Thesaurus)

The Cure For Lymphoma Foundation (CFL) is a nationwide not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding research and providing support and education for Hodgkins disease and non-Hodgkins lymphoma patients and their families.

(Cure for Lymphoma Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)