devoted

«devoted» in Mova's school dictionary: Very loving and loyal (a devoted dog, a devoted fan) — 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

adjective (devoted, more devoted); past form of verb devote (devote, devotes, devoted, devoting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very loving and loyal (a devoted dog, a devoted fan). tree →

2) Giving a lot of time and energy to something (devoted to music). tree →

3) Past form of devote: to give time or space to something (The page is devoted to animals). tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and family life: a devoted mother, a devoted friend. In books and lessons: a chapter devoted to volcanoes. In maths problems: hours devoted to practice. Phrase: devoted to.

examples

• The dog was devoted to its owner. tree →
• She is a devoted fan of the team. tree →
• He devoted his life to helping others. tree →
• A whole chapter is devoted to the planets. tree →
• We devoted an hour a day to reading. tree →
• They are a devoted couple. tree →
• Now you can imagine these two devoted lovers hunting night and day. tree →

note

Followed by «to». Noun: devotion. In word problems, «devoted 3 hours a week» is a rate of time.

In the corpora

• None devoted, that may be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
• Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
• And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.

Trees and pragmatics

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