dedication
[ded-i-key-shuh n]
- the act of dedicating.
- the state of being dedicated: Her dedication to medicine was so great that she had time for little else.
- a formal, printed inscription in a book, piece of music, etc., dedicating it to a person, cause, or the like.
- a personal, handwritten inscription in or on a work, as by an author to a friend.
- a ceremony marking the official completion or opening of a public building, institution, monument, etc.
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Origin of dedication
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Contemporary Examples
And the CDC team that arrived to ensure they were properly trained and equipped found them in no need of moxie and dedication.
As I wrote in the dedication, it allowed me to hate her, to love her, to forgive her.
As an adulthood now living out his passion, his dedication sometimes borders on obsession.
Even so, writers of suspense fiction vary in their reliance on and dedication to fact.
This dedication lies beyond technique; it makes being a blues player something like being a priest.
Historical Examples
In this dedication of a Nation we humbly ask the blessing of God.
The dedication of the temple was signalized by a similar manifestation.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox
He scorned a dedication, that misnomer for gratuitous advertising.
Drafts for the dedication, the preface, and for a work on Esthetics.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
To be in the mode I must have my poet, and throw him a handful of guineas for his dedication.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
dedication
- the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated
- an inscription or announcement prefixed to a book, piece of music, etc, dedicating it to a person or thing
- complete and wholehearted devotion, esp to a career, ideal, etc
- a ceremony in which something, such as a church, is dedicated
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Word Origin and History for dedication
n.
late 14c., "action of dedicating," from Old French dedicacion (14c., Modern French dédication) "consecration of a church or chapel," or directly from Latin dedicationem, noun of action from dedicare (see dedicate). Meaning "the giving of oneself to some purpose" is c.1600; as an inscription in a book, etc., from 1590s.
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