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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
dedicate
dedi·cate [dedicate dedicates dedicated dedicating] BrE [ˈdedɪkeɪt] NAmE [ˈdedɪkeɪt] verb 1. to give a lot of your time and effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important Syn: ↑devote •~ yourself/sth to sth She dedicates herself to her work. •~ yourself/sth to doing sth He dedicated his life to helping the poor. 2. ~ sth to sb to say at the beginning of a book, a piece of music or a performance that you are doing it for sb, as a way of thanking them or showing respect •This book is dedicated to my parents. 3. to hold an official ceremony to say that a building or an object has a special purpose or is special to the memory of a particular person •~ sth The chapel was dedicated in 1880. •~ sth to sb/sth A memorial stone was dedicated to those who were killed in the war. Verb forms: Word Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘devote to sacred use by solemn rites’): from Latin dedicat- ‘devoted, consecrated’, from the verb dedicare.
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