devoting

dɪˈvoʊtɪŋ
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Translation of devoting into French

Adjective

committed

Rare
giving all or most of one's time or resources
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  • He is devoting his energy to the new project.Il consacre son énergie au nouveau projet.
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Synonyms and analogies of devoting in English

adj.committeddedicatedloyalMore synonyms

Examples of devoting in a sentence

  • They are devoting their funds to the new charity.
devote
dɪˈvəʊt
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.

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.

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

consacrer

He's thinking of devoting his life to helping the elderly in his neighborhood.

Il pense consacrer sa vie à aider les personnes âgées de son quartier.

consacrépp.

The entire government, myself included, is devoting its efforts to reach various goals.

Tout le gouvernement et moi-même avons consacré nos efforts à atteindre divers objectifs.

consacrantprtp.

He uses his free time carefully, devoting most of it to his family.

Il utilise son temps libre avec parcimonie, en le consacrant surtout à sa famille.

accordantprtp.

Recalls the importance of maintaining a balanced overall response while devoting particular attention to 'forgotten crises'

rappelle l'importance de maintenir une réaction globale équilibrée, tout en accordant un intérêt particulier aux «crises oubliées»

dédiantprtp.

To encourage interest in popular culture, devoting space to the promotion and dissemination of concerts, lectures, museum exhibitions, theatres, etc.

Promouvoir la culture populaire en dédiant un espace à la promotion et la diffusion de concerts, de lectures, des expositions dans des musées, des théâtres, etc...

dévouéadj./pp.

After devoting his life to medical service, one of his patients tried to poison him.

Après avoir dévoué sa vie à la médecine, l'un de ses patients essaya de l'empoisonner.

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devoting: Examples and translations in context

He chose to live without children, devoting his life instead to humanitarian trips.

Il a choisi de vivre sans héritier, préférant consacrer sa vie aux voyages humanitaires.

The young researcher is torn between becoming a theorist or devoting themself entirely to experimentation.

Le jeune chercheur hésite entre devenir théoricien ou se consacrer entièrement à l'expérimentation.

Since high school, she has dreamed of devoting her life to the performing arts.

Depuis le lycée, elle rêve de consacrer sa vie à l'art de la scène.

That does not prevent me from devoting myself entirely to my work.

Cela ne m'empêche pas de me consacrer entièrement à mon travail.

Great painters practised it, without however devoting themselves to it exclusively.

De grands peintres le pratiquent, sans toutefois s'y consacrer exclusivement.

This writer leads an almost ascetic life, devoting herself entirely to her work.

Cette écrivaine mène une existence presque ascétique pour se consacrer entièrement à son travail.

Our brothers are devoting their lives to serve this cause.

Nos confrères consacrent leur vie au service de cette cause.

Newspapers are devoting several pages to the by-election being held in this small rural constituency.

Les journaux consacrent plusieurs pages à l'élection partielle organisée dans cette petite circonscription rurale.

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