dedicate
verb (used with object)
to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose.
is dedicating
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present progressiveof dedicate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The campaign is dedicating $4 million to spread the ad far and wide.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
Karl Anthony Towns is dedicating every game to his mother, who died in 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and now Raphael: New York's prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicating a retrospective to the third of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a short statement that the agency is dedicating “all necessary resources” to the investigation and will continue working closely with the Secret Service and state and federal partners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
Consecration is dedicating the individual life to the service of others, to some noble mission, to realizing some unselfish ideal.
From The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities by William George Jordan
