devote

Definition:
1. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
2. Dedicate.
3. Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use.

Use 'devote' in a sentence:

1. That afternoon the whole world seemed to devote itself to being perfect and radiantly beautiful and kind to one boy.
2. But if your work is your "passion", you'll be more likely to devote yourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.
3. He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation.
4. The club grew quickly and when it reached 180 members and the kids in the program won several state championships, she decided to devote all her time to cultivating and developing it.
5. Under increasing pressure, children devote most of their time to internships or study.
6. Devote a year to your career.
7. High school students devote their energies into passing exams.
8. By studying photographs, true artists, he claimed, would be relieved of menial tasks and become free to devote themselves to the more important spiritual aspects of their work.
9. If you are a college student looking for work but worried you won't have enough time to devote to academic subjects, consider working as a study hall or library monitor.
10. Muir's learning in observation throughout his life led him to devote his last years to preserving the natural environment.
11. This refers to all the attention young people devote to their phones, tablets and laptops.
12. But if your work is your passion, you'll be more likely to devote yourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.
13. We should devote our energy to the career.
14. He also explains why he chose to devote his life to one of the smallest creatures on earth.
15. Science is exactly what we need more of when it comes to GM foods, which is why I was happy to see Nature devote a special series of articles to the GM food controversy.
16. It may devote more money to that.
17. Starting this week, I'm going to devote several hours every weekday to developing new information products.
18. Since the early 1970s, historians have begun to devote serious attention to the working class in the United States.
19. The biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something.
20. You want a husband who is solid and stable, someone who will devote himself to you.
21. Faculty members devote most of their time to scholarly research.
22. Devote spare time of yours to accompany the amentia students on playing and studying by showing them your behavior to upgrade their stand-alone capability.
23. Editors of major United States news magazines have been criticized for reducing the amount of space these magazines devote to international news.
24. We devote several days to the exploration of the magnificent Maya sites of Copan.
25. While you are in the prime of life, why not devote yourselves to a special field of study?
26. She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.
27. Tom Banbury was preoccupied with the missing Shepherd child and did not want to devote time to the new murder.
28. Devote some time to a creative hobby.
29. They devote all of their energy to a period of growth and reproduction.
30. 50 years on, the couple are still devoted to one another.
31. She devoted herself to her career.
32. He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter's death.
33. A disproportionate amount of time was devoted to one topic.
34. They are devoted to their children.
35. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
36. She was just playing the devoted mother.
37. His later years were devoted largely to charitable work.
38. The shop is devoted to a new range of accessories.
39. Considerable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar.
40. I have personally been devoted to this cause for many years.
41. When you can drag him away from his work, he can also be a devoted father.
42. I could only devote two hours a day to the work.
43. She is devoted to her family.
44. The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work.
45. Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time.
46. He devoted a good deal of attention to the problem.
47. He devoted his energies to the reformation of science.
48. The scientific investigation team devote themselves to seeking for traces of primitive man.
49. He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US aircraft design.
50. He's been acting the devoted husband all day.
51. The final term will be devoted to project work.
52. The original intention was to devote three months to the project.
53. It can't be denied that we need to devote more resources to this problem.