Devote синонимы

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devoteverb

   give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

   «She committed herself to the work of God»; «give one’s talents to a good cause»; «consecrate your life to the church»

   Synonyms:
   commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, institutionalize, place, put, impart, pass on, perpetrate, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, vow, fall in, make, pay, charge, throw, sanctify, gift, kick in, feed, ordinate, break, institutionalise, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, hold, ordain, pass, render, intrust, hallow, practice, sacrifice, yield, turn over, send, confide, leave, invest, give way, bless, consecrate, generate, contribute, entrust, trust, pull, afford, order, hand

2. give, pay, devoteverb

   dedicate

   «give thought to»; «give priority to»; «pay attention to»

   Synonyms:
   make up, commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, impart, compensate, pass on, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, throw, ante up, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, pay up, hold, pass, render, sacrifice, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, generate, contribute, afford, pay off, hand, bear

3. devoteverb

   set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use

   «this land was devoted to mining»

   Synonyms:
   consecrate, dedicate, commit, give, pay

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1. List of paraphrases for «devote»:

   dedicate, spend, allocate, enshrine, pay, expend, earmark, consecrate, give, commit, focus, invest

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1. Irvin Feld:

   Each elephant costs over $65,000 a year, per year, over all the years of their life, we’re fortunate we’re for profit. We do make a profit and we’re a privately owned family business, and so we’ve made a decision we want to devote a lot of resources here.

2. Melania Trump:

   I challenge the press to devote as much time to the lives lost( by drugs) — and the potential lives that could be saved — by dedicating the same amount of coverage that you do to idle gossip or trivial stories.

3. Ellen Wartella:

   We need to devote more time and research to understanding the impact of media use on our kids and then adjust our behavior accordingly.

4. Ryan Pack:

   Religion: Any religion that inspires, encourages, motivates, coerces, compels, forces, unjust behaviors, acts, or constraints, prohibits, just behaviors, acts, is not a religion at all, it is a false teaching. Don’t ever devote yourself to it.

5. Kunal Ghosh:

   If you become dogmatic about the acronym and devote 100 percent of your assets to BRIC, you will get poor returns.

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