dedicate
part of speech
verb (dedicate, dedicates, dedicated, dedicating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To dedicate something is to give it to a person or purpose, often out of love or respect. tree →
2) (old use) To dedicate a book is to write someone's name at the front to honour them. tree →
3) To dedicate yourself is to promise to give your time and effort to something. tree →
sense in the lessons
in old books and tales a writer dedicates a book or poem to a friend or hero; in everyday talk, a person dedicates their life to a cause
examples
- Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD. (Writings 1CH.26.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- These also did king David dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued: (Prophets 2SA.8.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- She dedicated her picture to her grandmother. tree →
- The author dedicated the book to her teacher. tree →
- He dedicated his whole summer to learning the piano. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
- Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD.
- So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dedicate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.