"devoted" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈvəʊtəd/ [UK] Audio: en-us-devoted.ogg Forms: more devoted [comparative], most devoted [superlative]
Etymology: From devote + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|devote|ed}} devote + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)
  1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated. Translations (vowed; dedicated; consecrated): посветен на (posveten na) (Bulgarian), oddaný (Czech), kiintynyt (Finnish), ihastunut (Finnish), voué (French), devoto [masculine] (Galician), מסור (masur) (Hebrew), devoto (Italian), dēvōtus (Latin), devoto (Portuguese), посвящённый (posvjaščónnyj) (Russian), devoto (Spanish)
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  2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something. Translations (strongly emotionally attached): omistautunut (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-devoted-en-adj--bP30P93 Disambiguation of 'strongly emotionally attached': 3 93 1 4
  3. Zealous; characterized by devotion. Translations (zealous; characterized by devotion): предан (predan) (Bulgarian), верен (veren) (Bulgarian), zasvěcený (Czech), hengiven (Danish), innokas (Finnish), antaumuksellinen (Finnish), dévoué (French), hingebungsvoll (German), אדוק (adúk) [masculine] (Hebrew), díograiseach (Irish), dúthrachtach (Irish), práinneach (Irish), zelante (Italian), dēditus (Latin), devoto (Portuguese), пре́данный (prédannyj) (Russian), ве́рный (vérnyj) (Russian), devoto (Spanish), hängiven (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-devoted-en-adj-ezbXTgRM Disambiguation of 'zealous; characterized by devotion': 3 1 96 1
  4. (obsolete) Cursed; doomed. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-devoted-en-adj-M27uqoRy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devotedly, devotedness, overdevoted, self-devoted, undevoted

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈvəʊtəd/ [UK] Audio: en-us-devoted.ogg
Etymology: From devote + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|devote|ed}} devote + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} devoted
  1. simple past and past participle of devote Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: devote
    Sense id: en-devoted-en-verb-p6w1iY0F

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "undevoted"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "devote",
        "3": "ed"
      },
      "expansion": "devote + -ed",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From devote + -ed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more devoted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most devoted",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:",
          "text": "He describes the operation thus: \"The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure.\"",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Vowed; dedicated; consecrated."
      ],
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        [
          "Vowed",
          "vowed"
        ],
        [
          "dedicated",
          "dedicated"
        ],
        [
          "consecrated",
          "consecrated"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fond",
          "fond"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Zealous; characterized by devotion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Zealous",
          "zealous"
        ],
        [
          "devotion",
          "devotion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 31:",
          "text": "The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1828, Washington Irving, “First Landing of Columbus in the New World”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 151:",
          "text": "The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant transports. They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cursed; doomed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "cursed"
        ],
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          "doomed",
          "doomed"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) Cursed; doomed."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈvəʊtəd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posveten na",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "посветен на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "oddaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "kiintynyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "ihastunut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "voué"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "masur",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "מסור"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "dēvōtus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posvjaščónnyj",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "посвящённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vowed; dedicated; consecrated",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strongly emotionally attached",
      "word": "omistautunut"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predan",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "предан"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veren",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "верен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "zasvěcený"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "hengiven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "innokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "antaumuksellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "dévoué"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "hingebungsvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "adúk",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אדוק"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "díograiseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "dúthrachtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "práinneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "zelante"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "dēditus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prédannyj",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "пре́данный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vérnyj",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "ве́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "zealous; characterized by devotion",
      "word": "hängiven"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devoted"
}

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