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# dedication

«dedication» in Mova's school dictionary: **Hard work and loyalty to a task or a purpose over a long…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dedication, dedications)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hard work and loyalty to a task or a purpose over a long time: «Her dedication to swimming won her the medal». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#m1)

2) Words at the start of a book, song or piece of music that say who it is for: «The dedication reads "For my mum"». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#m2)

3) (church) A ceremony to give a building, such as a church, or a person to God or to a holy purpose: «the dedication of the new church», «a baby dedication». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#m3)

4) The act of naming something in honour of someone: «the dedication of a bench to Grandad». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school and sport: teachers praise dedication — practising, coming every week, not giving up. In books and music: a dedication shows love and thanks. In church life: some churches hold a dedication service when a church building opens, or a baby dedication where parents promise to bring up a child in the faith. In everyday life: a bench or a tree with a plaque in memory of someone. Phrases: «dedication to», «with great dedication», «a dedication service».

### examples

- The coach praised the team's dedication. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x1)
- It takes dedication to learn the violin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x2)
- The dedication in the book said "For Rosie, who loves stories." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x3)
- The bishop led the dedication of the new church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x4)
- At the baby dedication, the parents promised to raise their son in the faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x5)
- The radio played a song dedication for Grandma's birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x6)
- There was a short dedication when the bench was named after Mrs Kelly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x7)
- Nurses show great dedication to their patients. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dedication/#x8)

### note

Countable in senses 2–4, often uncountable in sense 1 («great dedication»). Verb: «dedicate» (dedicate a book to someone; dedicate yourself to something). Adjective: «dedicated» (very committed; also used only for one purpose: «a dedicated bike lane»).

### In the corpora

- [John's Gospel says Jesus was in the Temple at the Feast of Dedication, which is Hanukkah (John 10:22-23).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/9/)
- [This was the dedication-offering of the altar, after that it was anointed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.348/)
- [A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.432/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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