dedication

«dedication» in Mova's school dictionary: Hard work and loyalty to a task or a purpose over a long… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (dedication, dedications)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hard work and loyalty to a task or a purpose over a long time: «Her dedication to swimming won her the medal». tree →

2) Words at the start of a book, song or piece of music that say who it is for: «The dedication reads "For my mum"». tree →

3) (church) A ceremony to give a building, such as a church, or a person to God or to a holy purpose: «the dedication of the new church», «a baby dedication». tree →

4) The act of naming something in honour of someone: «the dedication of a bench to Grandad». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and sport: teachers praise dedication — practising, coming every week, not giving up. In books and music: a dedication shows love and thanks. In church life: some churches hold a dedication service when a church building opens, or a baby dedication where parents promise to bring up a child in the faith. In everyday life: a bench or a tree with a plaque in memory of someone. Phrases: «dedication to», «with great dedication», «a dedication service».

examples

• The coach praised the team's dedication. tree →
• It takes dedication to learn the violin. tree →
• The dedication in the book said "For Rosie, who loves stories." tree →
• The bishop led the dedication of the new church. tree →
• At the baby dedication, the parents promised to raise their son in the faith. tree →
• The radio played a song dedication for Grandma's birthday. tree →
• There was a short dedication when the bench was named after Mrs Kelly. tree →
• Nurses show great dedication to their patients. tree →

note

Countable in senses 2–4, often uncountable in sense 1 («great dedication»). Verb: «dedicate» (dedicate a book to someone; dedicate yourself to something). Adjective: «dedicated» (very committed; also used only for one purpose: «a dedicated bike lane»).

In the corpora

• John's Gospel says Jesus was in the Temple at the Feast of Dedication, which is Hanukkah (John 10:22-23).
• This was the dedication-offering of the altar, after that it was anointed.
• A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; of David.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dedication» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.