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# devote

«devote» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To devote time, effort or money to something is to give a…** — 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

verb (devote, devotes, devoted, devoting); devote yourself to; adjective devoted

### meaning for a pupil

1) To devote time, effort or money to something is to give a lot of it to that one thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#m1)

2) To devote yourself to someone or something is to care for it or work for it with your whole heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#m2)

3) (formal) To set a place or a part of something aside for one use, as in a page devoted to sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Means to set something apart for God as holy, under a vow, so it can no longer be used normally. Interpretation: Tradition connects this with the law of "cherem", something set apart for God or for the priests. In the primary lessons: Tells the reader how much someone cares: a person who devotes years to a task is patient and loyal. In school: «devote ten minutes to checking your work». In stories, devoted pets, parents and friends stay by someone's side. Phrases: devote time to, devote yourself to, devoted to, a devoted fan, devoted parents.

### examples

- She devotes every Saturday morning to swimming practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x1)
- The scientist devoted her whole life to studying bees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x2)
- Devote the last five minutes of the test to checking your answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x3)
- Our class devoted a whole wall to the history project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x4)
- Grandad is devoted to his garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x5)
- The dog was devoted to the little boy and followed him everywhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x6)
- The magazine devotes two pages to puzzles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x7)
- He devoted his pocket money to saving for a bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x8)
- "Yes, and gladly, too," answered the queen, "if you will devote all your time to him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/devote/#x9)

### note

Pattern: devote something TO something (devote time to reading), not «devote for». Devoted is also an adjective meaning very loving and loyal (a devoted friend). Noun: devotion. Do not mix up with «divide» or «vote». In maths problems «devotes 20 minutes a day» is a rate you multiply by the number of days.

### In the corpora

- [None devoted, that may be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.863/)
- [Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.686/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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