devote, dedicate, consecrate, hallow mean to set apart for a special and often higher end. devote is likely to imply compelling motives and often attachment to an objective.

Devote definition: to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc... See examples of DEVOTE used in a sentence.

If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it. He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation.

(Definition of devote something to something/someone from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

1. to give up or apply to a particular pursuit, purpose, cause, etc.: to devote one's time to study. 2. to set apart or dedicate by a solemn or formal act; consecrate: to devote one's life to God.

devote meaning, definition, what is devote: to use all or most of your time, effort ...: Learn more.

Nov 1, 2025 · devote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted) to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, …