devote
To give a lot of your time, effort or love to something.
devote in a sentence
- Nell likes to devote her Saturdays to looking after the ponies.
- The scientist would devote her whole life to studying bees.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to devote?
- Aignore
- Bneglect
- Cdedicate
- Dwithhold
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C: dedicate. The other three mean the opposite of devote.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to devote?
- Adedicate
- Bcommit
- Cgive
- Dneglect
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D: neglect. The other three mean nearly the same as devote.
Words that mean something similar
dedicate, commit, give
Words that mean the opposite
neglect, ignore, withhold
More words about behaviour & manners
- disarray: A state of untidiness and confusion.
- discreet: Careful not to attract attention or give away secrets.
- distasteful: Unpleasant or offensive, so that you dislike it.
- docile: Quiet, gentle and easy to control.
- dutiful: Careful to do everything you are supposed to do.
- eavesdrop: To listen secretly to other people's private conversation.
- entice: To tempt someone by offering them something nice.
- exempt: Allowed to skip something that everyone else must do.
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