devote

Phonetic

US /dɪˈvəʊt/UK /dɪˈvəʊt/

Translations

VERBto give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter, to consign over; to doom, to execrate; to curse
ADJdevoted; addicted; devout

Variants

  • devotes: Third Person Singular
  • devoting: Present Participle
  • devoted: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

  • Many people want to make money online, but they don’t have a lot of time and energy to devote to a side hustle

    Source:medium.com

  • To ensure that you’re able to devote the right amount of time, effort, and other resources to your goals, you need actionable and measurable targets

    Source:kozyrkov.medium.com

  • While the protests themselves were global front-page news, Gibson and his interviewees devote substantial time to the months of lead-up and preparation for the rally as well as the uneasy alliance between strait-laced progressive political leaders and more antic provocateurs who climbed trees to keep them from being felled.

    Source:cn.nytimes.com

  • states that he intentionally did poorly in school , hoping that once his father saw "what little progress I was making at the technical school he would let me devote myself to my dream"

    Source:en.wikipedia.org

  • I want to devote/dɪˈvəʊt/ more time to my creative endeavors, which are filmmaking and writing.

    Source:www.nytimes.com

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