dedicated

dedicated

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/

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Adjective

dedicated (comparative more dedicated, superlative most dedicated)

1. Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
   • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:

     Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

2. Used or intended for a particular purpose

Derived terms

• dedicatedly
• passenger dedicated line

 

Translations

devoted, loyal, conscientious

Bulgarian: предан (bg) (predan), посветен (bg) (posveten) Catalan: entregat Czech: zasvěcený Danish: dedikeret, idealistisk, ivrig, begejstret, pligttro, pligtopfyldende Dutch: toegewijd (nl) Finnish: omistautunut, harras (fi), vannoutunut (fi) French: dévoué (fr) German: dediziert (de), treu sorgend, hingebungsvoll (de) Hebrew: מסור‎ (he) (masur) Italian: dedito (it) Latin: dēditus Maori: ngākau titikaha, titikaha Norwegian: Bokmål: dedikert (no) Portuguese: dedicado (pt) Russian: пре́данный (ru) (prédannyj) Serbo-Croatian: predan (sh) m, posvećen m Spanish: entregado (es) Swedish: hängiven (sv)

intended for a special purpose

Danish: beregnet til, dedikeret French: dédié (fr), consacré (fr) German: dediziert (de) Greek: αποκλειστικός (el) (apokleistikós), εξειδικευμένος (el) (exeidikevménos) Italian: apposito (it) Maori: mehameha Russian: специализированный (ru) (specializirovannyj) Serbo-Croatian: namjenski (sh) m

Verb

dedicated

1. simple past tense and past participle of dedicate