dedicate
US: /ˈdɛdəˌkeɪt/
UK: /dˈɛdɪkˌeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
dedicate /'dedikeit/- ngoại động từ
- cống hiến, hiến dâng; dành cho (để tưởng nhớ)
- to dedicate one's life to the cause of national liberation: cống hiến đời mình cho sự nghiệp giải phóng dân tộc
- war memorial dedicated to unknown fighters: đài liệt sĩ (để tưởng nhớ tới những chiến sĩ vô danh)
- đề tặng (sách...)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) khánh thành, khai mạc
- cống hiến, hiến dâng; dành cho (để tưởng nhớ)
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]1 ~ yourself / sth to sth / to doing sth to give a lot of your time and effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important: She dedicates herself to her work. + He dedicated his life to helping the poor.
2 ~ sth to sb to say at the beginning of a book, a piece of music or a performance that you are doing it for sb, as a way of thanking them or showing respect: This book is dedicated to my parents.
3 ~ sth (to sb/sth) to hold an official ceremony to say that a church, or other building, or an object has a special purpose or is special to the memory of a particular person: The chapel was dedicated in 1880. + A memorial stone was dedicated to those who lost their lives in the war.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 devote, consecrate, give (up or over), yield, offer, surrender, commit, pledge, assign:
She dedicated her life to helping the poor.
2 consecrate, bless, sanctify, hallow:
There stands the temple dedicated to Apollo.
3 inscribe; address, assign:
This book has been dedicated to you.
Concise dictionary
dedicates|dedicated|dedicating'dedɪkeɪtverb
+give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
+open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
+inscribe or address by way of compliment
+set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
