לדלג לתוכן הראשי

verb

devote

CEFR B2

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

In a sentence

Six example sentences with devote, each labelled with its topic.

  • She plans to devote the whole winter to a single mural, painting nothing else until the north wall is finished.

    Art

  • After residency he chose to devote his practice to rural patients, turning down two lucrative offers from city hospitals.

    Medicine

  • Marathon training asks you to devote most Sunday mornings to long runs, leaving little room for anything else that day.

    Fitness

  • She chose to devote her career to a single beetle family, and forty years later she had named two hundred species.

    Science

  • The owner decided to devote the whole first year to one client, turning down other orders until the contract was done.

    Business

  • The old professor chose to devote his final decade to one question, whether a promise can bind someone who has changed.

    Philosophy

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