dedicated
part of speech
adjective (dedicated, more dedicated); verb form (dedicate, dedicates, dedicated, dedicating)
meaning for a pupil
1) A dedicated person works very hard at something because they care about it a lot. tree →
2) Dedicated equipment or a place is used only for one particular purpose. tree →
3) To dedicate a book, song or building to someone is to say it is in their honour. tree →
4) (church) A dedicated church or chapel has been given to God or named after a saint in a ceremony. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school and sport, a dedicated pupil or coach works hard and keeps going. In everyday life: «a dedicated cycle lane» is only for bikes. Books often start with «Dedicated to my mother». Churches are dedicated to saints. Phrases: «dedicated to», «a dedicated fan».
examples
- She is a dedicated swimmer who trains every morning. tree →
- Our teacher is dedicated to helping every child. tree →
- The town built a dedicated lane for bikes. tree →
- The book is dedicated to the author's grandmother. tree →
- The church is dedicated to Saint Patrick. tree →
- The park was dedicated to the soldiers who died in the war. tree →
- He is a dedicated fan of his football team. tree →
- To Stella Margaret Alleyne the Green Fairy Book is dedicated tree →
note
Followed by «to»: dedicated to music. Noun: dedication. Similar: committed, devoted, hard-working.
In the corpora
- So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated 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 «dedicated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.