"sacrifice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ Audio: en-us-sacrifice.ogg [US] Forms: sacrifice [singular], sacrifices [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A sacrifice is something that a person gives up in order to help him or somebody else. A person who makes a sacrifice for a friend will do something that he might not want to do in order to help his friend.
    Sense id: simple-sacrifice-en-noun-FmjRY9QZ
  2. A sacrifice is an offer given as a gift to a god.
    Sense id: simple-sacrifice-en-noun-PDQno41b

Verb

IPA: /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ Audio: en-us-sacrifice.ogg [US] Forms: sacrifice [canonical], sacrifices [third-person, singular], sacrificed [past], sacrificed [past, participle], sacrificing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|sacrific|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you sacrifice someone or something, you give them up for other things.
    Sense id: simple-sacrifice-en-verb-M53xWBnq
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