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DEVOTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(followed by 'to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use
Example:
a life devoted to poetry
Classified under:
Similar:
dedicated (devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Zealous in devotion or affection
Example:
devoted friends
Classified under:
Similar:
dedicated (devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose)
Derivation:
devotedness (feelings of ardent love)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb devote
Context examples:
The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is committed to providing patient-focused care in an environment devoted to innovative care, excellent service, and exceptional outcomes.
(Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
That aspect of consciousness devoted to affect or feeling; a strong feeling, aroused mental state, or intense state of drive or unrest directed toward a definite object, with physiological, somatic, and behavioral components.
(Emotion, NCI Thesaurus)
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center is a basic research facility devoted to the understanding of the fundamental biology of human cancer.
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Behind him, only a few yards in his rear, bounded the huge ebony figure of Zambo, our devoted negro.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The second was devoted to the place which Lady Frances Carfax had sought when she left Lausanne.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Fed up and rested, as soon as he was loosed he devoted all his energy to getting over the ground.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Marianne could never love by halves; and her whole heart became, in time, as much devoted to her husband, as it had once been to Willoughby.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
As a child, she was affectionate and pleasing, and extremely fond of me; and I have devoted hours and hours to her amusement.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Do not fear any of us, we are all devoted to this cause, and to-day shall see the end.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“It would be better, I imagine, if you let harems alone and devoted your attention to lonely and inoffensive-looking seals,” was what she said.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
