devote

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devote is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

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Plain form
devote

Third-person singular
devotes

Past tense
devoted

Past participle
devoted

Present participle
devoting

  1. (transitive) If someone devotes time or energy to something, they feel that it is important and they spend a lot of time or energy on it.
    I devoted ten years of my life to writing that book.

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