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# dedicated

«dedicated» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A dedicated person works very hard at something because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (dedicated, more dedicated); verb form (dedicate, dedicates, dedicated, dedicating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dedicated person works very hard at something because they care about it a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#m1)

2) Dedicated equipment or a place is used only for one particular purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#m2)

3) To dedicate a book, song or building to someone is to say it is in their honour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#m3)

4) (church) A dedicated church or chapel has been given to God or named after a saint in a ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school and sport, a dedicated pupil or coach works hard and keeps going. In everyday life: «a dedicated cycle lane» is only for bikes. Books often start with «Dedicated to my mother». Churches are dedicated to saints. Phrases: «dedicated to», «a dedicated fan».

### examples

- So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. (Writings 2CH.7.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x1)
- So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. (Prophets 1KI.8.63, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x2)
- These also did king David dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued: (Prophets 2SA.8.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x3)
- She is a dedicated swimmer who trains every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x4)
- Our teacher is dedicated to helping every child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x5)
- The town built a dedicated lane for bikes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x6)
- The book is dedicated to the author's grandmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x7)
- The church is dedicated to Saint Patrick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x8)
- The park was dedicated to the soldiers who died in the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x9)
- He is a dedicated fan of his football team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x10)
- To Stella Margaret Alleyne the Green Fairy Book is dedicated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/#x11)

### note

Followed by «to»: dedicated to music. Noun: dedication. Similar: committed, devoted, hard-working.

### In the corpora

- [So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.346/)
- [So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.143/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dedicated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dedicated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.