devote
verb (used with object)
to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc..
devotes
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present tense formof devote (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Magnason devotes many moments to his family members, specifically his grandparents who were human links to old ways and old times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Strangely, Patterson, an Emmy-nominated TV writer, devotes more attention to the plot than to the play’s psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ms. Willetts devotes nearly an entire chapter—ostensibly on postwar nightlife in Las Vegas and Havana—to Frank Sinatra, head of America’s Rat Pack of lounge crooners and the “kingpin of ‘gentlemanly’ debauchery.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ironically, the film devotes so much attention to the world’s reaction to Davidson’s coprolalia that there’s scant space left over to examine its actual subject beyond correcting the ways the world sees him.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
An important principle in composition is that the amount of verbiage one devotes to a point should not be too far out of line with how central it is to the argument.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
