"dedication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dedication.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dedications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Originated 1350–1400 from Middle English dedicacioun, from Old French dedicacion (“consecration of a church or chapel”), from Latin dēdicātiō, equivalent to dēdicātus+-iōn. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|dedicacioun}} Middle English dedicacioun, {{der|en|fro|dedicacion||consecration of a church or chapel}} Old French dedicacion (“consecration of a church or chapel”), {{der|en|la|dedicatio|dēdicātiō}} Latin dēdicātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dedication (countable and uncountable, plural dedications)
  1. (uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (act of dedicating or state of being dedicated): diligence, devotion Translations (the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated): ἐγκαίνια (enkaínia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), նվիրում (nvirum) (Armenian), toewijding (Dutch), Einsetzen [neuter] (German), Einsatz [masculine] (German), Hingeben [neuter] (German), Hingabe [feminine] (German), Engagement [neuter] (German), dedizione [feminine] (Italian), ngākau titikaha (Maori), hängivenhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dedication-en-noun-gpHX83tD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 6 20 6 Disambiguation of 'act of dedicating or state of being dedicated': 94 3 3 1 Disambiguation of 'the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated': 98 1 1 0
  2. (countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection. Tags: countable Translations (note prefixed to a work of art): إِهْدَاء (ʔihdāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), посвещение (posveštenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), dedicatòria [feminine] (Catalan), věnování [neuter] (Czech), toewijding (Dutch), dedicatie (Dutch), dediĉo (Esperanto), dédicace [feminine] (French), მიძღვნა (miʒɣvna) (Georgian), Widmung [feminine] (German), Zueignung [feminine] (German), αφιέρωση (afiérosi) [feminine] (Greek), הקדשה (hakdashá) [feminine] (Hebrew), bakti (Indonesian), dedikasi (Indonesian), tíolacadh [masculine] (Irish), dedicazione [feminine] (Italian), dedikasi (Malay), baa deetʼáanii (Navajo), dedykacja [feminine] (Polish), poświęcenie [neuter] (Polish), dedicatória (Portuguese), dedicație [feminine] (Romanian), посвяще́ние (posvjaščénije) [neuter] (Russian), dedicación [feminine] (Spanish), dedicatoria [feminine] (Spanish), tillägnan [common-gender] (Swedish), hälsning [common-gender] (Swedish), patungkol (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-dedication-en-noun-y4vvARYZ Disambiguation of 'note prefixed to a work of art': 2 92 5 1
  3. (countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening. Tags: countable Translations (a ceremony marking an official completion or opening): Einweihung [feminine] (German), Weihe [feminine] (German), Konsekration [feminine] (German), invigning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dedication-en-noun-tFmrL3W- Disambiguation of 'a ceremony marking an official completion or opening': 1 1 97 1
  4. (law) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-dedication-en-noun-1Y9GeWU4 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (religious dedication, as of a church to a saint): consecration Derived forms: baby dedication
Disambiguation of 'religious dedication, as of a church to a saint': 17 38 32 13

Inflected forms

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        "A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ceremony marking an official completion or opening."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "deliberate",
          "deliberate"
        ],
        [
          "negligent",
          "negligent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "religious dedication, as of a church to a saint",
      "word": "consecration"
    },
    {
      "sense": "act of dedicating or state of being dedicated",
      "word": "diligence"
    },
    {
      "sense": "act of dedicating or state of being dedicated",
      "word": "devotion"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nvirum",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "word": "նվիրում"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "word": "toewijding"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Einsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Einsatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hingeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hingabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Engagement"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "enkaínia",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐγκαίνια"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedizione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "word": "ngākau titikaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hängivenhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔihdāʔ",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِهْدَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posveštenie",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посвещение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedicatòria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "věnování"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "toewijding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "dedicatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "dediĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dédicace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miʒɣvna",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "მიძღვნა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Widmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zueignung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afiérosi",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αφιέρωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hakdashá",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הקדשה"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "bakti"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "dedikasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tíolacadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedicazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "dedikasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "baa deetʼáanii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedykacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "poświęcenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "dedicatória"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedicație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posvjaščénije",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посвяще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedicación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedicatoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tillägnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hälsning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "note prefixed to a work of art",
      "word": "patungkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceremony marking an official completion or opening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einweihung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceremony marking an official completion or opening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weihe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceremony marking an official completion or opening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konsekration"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a ceremony marking an official completion or opening",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "invigning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dedication"
}

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