Devoted Meaning
/dɪˈvəʊtəd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past and past participle of devote
adjVowed; dedicated; consecrated.
Sentence Examples
All of us devoted ourselves to the development of our country.
The doctor devoted a great deal of effort and the patient recovered.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He was a ____ father who always put his family's needs first.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
All of us ____ ourselves to the development of our country.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English devote English -ed English devoted From devote + -ed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure.""
— 1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:
"The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]"
— 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 31:
"The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant transports. They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy."
— 1828, Washington Irving, “First Landing of Columbus in the New World”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 151:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He was a ____ father who always put his family's needs first.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
All of us ____ ourselves to the development of our country.