devote

dɪˈvəʊt
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Translation of devote into French

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Verb

tr.
1.

allocation

set aside for a specific use
  • They devoted funds to the new project.Ils ont consacré des fonds au nouveau projet.
2.

commitment

give all or most time or resources, sometimes in a formal way
consacrer dévouer se consacrer à
  • She devoted her life to helping others.Elle a consacré sa vie à aider les autres.
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Expressions with devote: examples in English and translations in French

se consacrer à
He devoted himself to helping the homeless.
consacrer des colonnes
allouer de l'espace
The editor decided to devote column inches to the new policy.
se consacrer à
He devoted himself to his family and his research.

Synonyms and analogies of devote in English

Examples of devote in a sentence

  • We must devote resources to improving infrastructure.
  • They devoted weekends to restoring the community garden.
  • I will devote three months to learning Japanese.

Translations of "devote" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
consacrerv.

My neighbor dreamed of retiring so she could finally devote herself to painting.

Ma voisine rêvait de prendre sa retraite pour enfin se consacrer à la peinture.

accorderv.

Have reasonable expectations about how much time someone can devote to you.

Ayez des attentes raisonnables quant au temps qu'une personne peut vous accorder.

dévouerv.

Claire chose to devote herself completely to raising her children.

Claire a choisi de se dévouer entièrement à l'éducation de ses enfants.

adonnerv.

On vacation, we can finally devote ourselves to photography without watching the clock.

En vacances, nous pouvons enfin nous s'adonner à la photographie sans regarder l'heure.

dédierv.

They're going to devote several days of training to accident prevention.

Ils vont dédier plusieurs journées de formation à la prévention des accidents.

vouerv.

She decided to devote her life to helping children in need.

Elle a décidé de vouer sa vie à aider les enfants en difficulté.

donnerv.

He wants to devote himself to protecting the environment by joining several organizations.

Il souhaite se donner à la protection de l'environnement, en rejoignant plusieurs organisations.

allouerv.

We must devote more resources to conflict prevention.

Nous devons allouer davantage de moyens à la prévention des conflits.

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Other translations for devote:

  • appliquerv.
  • s'adonnerv.

devote: Examples and translations in context

The local newspapers devote a full page to the weekend's cultural events.

Les journaux locaux consacrent une page entière aux événements culturels du week-end.

The monk lives without material pleasures so he can devote himself to meditation.

Le moine vit dans l'abstinence de plaisirs matériels pour se consacrer à la méditation.

She wants to devote her working life to protecting the marine environment.

Elle souhaite consacrer sa vie de travail à la protection de l'environnement marin.

They devote only one twenty-fifth of their free time to this activity.

Ils ne consacrent qu'un vingt-cinquième de leur temps libre à cette activité.

He gave up football to devote himself entirely to amateur boxing.

Il a abandonné le football pour se consacrer entièrement à la boxe amateur.

She left the film industry to devote herself to independent theatre.

Elle a quitté le monde du cinéma pour se consacrer au théâtre indépendant.

My uncle chose to devote his life to caring for injured animals.

Mon oncle a choisi de consacrer sa vie au soin des animaux blessés.

He renounced becoming a cardinal in order to devote himself entirely to monastic life.

Il renonça à la pourpre pour se consacrer entièrement à la vie monastique.

See also:

devote oneselfdevote oneself to
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