devote
verb (used with object)
to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc..
is devoting
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present progressiveof devote (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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Icahn says he is devoting much of his energy to targeting index funds’ voting rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Ledbetter’s Avivo winery in Sonoma County, for example, is devoting more acres to regenerative farming and producing organic wines that use less brix, or sugar, to bring down the alcohol content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
The campaign is devoting a lot of its last-minute energy to reaching men—not just Black men.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2024
So the agency is devoting a lot of resources to questions of automation.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Adds materially to the author's former contributions to this science and art, to which he is devoting his life most zealously.—Journal of Education.
From How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
