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dedication
What does dedication mean?
dedication (noun): complete and wholehearted fidelity.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use dedication in a sentence?
- Their dedication is admirable. (Tatoeba sentence #10910361 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce dedication?
/ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does dedication come from?
Originated 1350–1400 from Middle English dedicacioun, from Old French dedicacion (“consecration of a church or chapel”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to dedication
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “dedication” mean?
any interconnected group or system
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a device to measure mass or weight
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complete and wholehearted fidelity
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more than half (50%) of some group
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