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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Anthropic's roughly 400-page filing devotes more than 90 pages to risks, including those facing an industry that has seen a string of reports in recent months of AI systems behaving in unexpected and harmful ways.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Veering away from politics, the Daily Star devotes its front page to a story that leads with "Jamie Carragher has apologised for 'clumsy language' after the owners threatened legal action".
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Evenepoel devotes more time than anyone in the peloton to testing equipment and honing his position on the bike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 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
He goes out into the fields day after day, and under the blazing summer sun, devotes himself to his canvases.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
