"dedication" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dedication.wav 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: dedicatedness Translations (the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated): ἐγκαίνια (enkaínia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَفَانٍ (tafānin) [masculine] (Arabic), նվիրում (nvirum) (Armenian), toewijding (Dutch), Einsetzen [neuter] (German), Einsatz [masculine] (German), Hingeben [neuter] (German), Hingabe [feminine] (German), Engagement [neuter] (German), dedizione [feminine] (Italian), посвета (posveta) [feminine] (Macedonian), ngākau titikaha (Maori), hängivenhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  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), посвета (posveta) [feminine] (Macedonian), 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-en:note_prefixed_to_work_of_art Disambiguation of 'note prefixed to a work of art': 2 93 4 1
  3. (countable) The event, or the ceremony celebrating it, marking an official completion, opening, or beginning. 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-en:event_or_ceremony Disambiguation of 'a ceremony marking an official completion or opening': 2 3 92 3
  4. (law) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-dedication-en-noun-en:surrender_of_rights_to_property Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: baby dedication, dadication, dedicational, livication, nondedication, prededication, rededication

Inflected forms

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  "word": "dedication"
}

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