dedication
NounUS[ded-uh-key-shuhn]/ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (5)
- complete and wholehearted fidelityType of fidelity, faithfulness
- a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purposeType of ceremony, ceremonialKinds rededication
- a message that makes a pledgeSynonyms: commitmentType of message, contentKinds promise, oath, assurance, affirmation
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or somethingSynonyms: inscriptionType of message
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action“his long commitment to public service”“they felt no loyalty to a losing team”Synonyms: commitmentallegianceloyaltyType of cooperationKinds devotion, faith, consecration, communalism, enlistment
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Translations
Noun note prefixed to a work of art
- Spanish
- dedicatoria
- French
- dédicace
- German
- Widmung
- Italian
- dedica
- Portuguese
- dedicatória
- Russian
- посвяще́ние posvjaščénije
- Dutch
- dedicatie
- Polish
- dedykacja
- Swedish
- tillägnan
- Greek
- αφιέρωση afiérosi
10 more languages
- Indonesian
- dedikasi
- Hungarian
- dedikáció
- Portuguese (PT)
- dedicatória
- Catalan
- dedicatòria
- Czech
- věnování
- Esperanto
- dediĉo
- Finnish
- omistuskirjoitus
- Georgian
- მიძღვნა miʒɣvna
- Romanian
- dedicație
- Serbo-Croatian
- posveta
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ded′i·ca′tion noun
Origin: L. dedicatio.
1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.
2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.
3. An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54