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dedicated   (TTS Sound)

The verb dedicate has 4 senses

• give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote -- (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")


• dedicate -- (open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes")


• dedicate -- (inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents")


• dedicate -- (set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church)

The adj dedicated has 2 senses

• dedicated -- (devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; "a dedicated dancer"; "dedicated teachers"; "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"- A.Lincoln)


• consecrated, consecrate, dedicated -- (solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II")