Definitions for dedication

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dedication ded·i·ca·tion

Spelling: [ded-i-key-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌdɛd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Dedication is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 506 anagrams from letters in dedication (acddeiinot).

Definitions for dedication

noun

1. the act of dedicating.
2. the state of being dedicated:
3. a formal, printed inscription in a book, piece of music, etc., dedicating it to a person, cause, or the like.
4. a personal, handwritten inscription in or on a work, as by an author to a friend.
5. a ceremony marking the official completion or opening of a public building, institution, monument, etc.

Origin of dedication

1350-1400; Middle English dedicacioun Latin dēdicātiōn- (stem of dēdicātiō), equivalent to dēdicāt(us) (see dedicate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for dedication

The dedication of the temple was signalized by a similar manifestation.

He scorned a dedication, that misnomer for gratuitous advertising.

This dedication lies beyond technique; it makes being a blues player something like being a priest.

To be in the mode I must have my poet, and throw him a handful of guineas for his dedication.

As an adulthood now living out his passion, his dedication sometimes borders on obsession.

Drafts for the dedication, the preface, and for a work on Esthetics.

Even so, writers of suspense fiction vary in their reliance on and dedication to fact.

And the CDC team that arrived to ensure they were properly trained and equipped found them in no need of moxie and dedication.

In this dedication of a Nation we humbly ask the blessing of God.

As I wrote in the dedication, it allowed me to hate her, to love her, to forgive her.