devote

ayırmak, adamak

Önemli bulduğun bir şeye zamanını, gücünü veya dikkatini vermek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To give your time, energy, or attention to something you think is important.

• I devote Sundays to my family.
• She devoted three years to writing her book.
• How much time can you devote to this project?

Nasıl kullanılır: devote something to someone/something (She devotes much of her time to her family.); devote something to doing something (He devoted a year to learning Spanish.)

Eş anlamlılar: dedicate, commit

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: devote time to, devote attention to, devote your life, devote yourself to

mahkûm etmek

Birini veya bir şeyi yok olmaya ya da başka korkunç bir sona mahkûm etmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To condemn someone or something to destruction or another terrible fate.

• The conqueror devoted the city to destruction.
• The ancient curse devoted its victims to death.
• Their ruler had devoted the entire village to ruin.

Nasıl kullanılır: devote someone/something to something (The king devoted the rebel town to destruction.)

Eş anlamlılar: doom, condemn, consign

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: devote to destruction, devote to death