dedicated
/ˈdɛdɪkeɪtɪd/
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Past ending sound
de - di - ca - ted -> dedicated
(adj) နှစ်မြှုပ်ထား (v[pt]) နှစ်မြှုပ်ထားခဲ့ (v[pp]) နှစ်မြှုပ်ထားခဲ့ပြီး
၁။ ~ oneself/sth to sth/doing sth နှစ်မြှုပ်ထားသည်။ dedicate oneself to one's work ❍ She dedicated her life to helping the poor.
၂။ ~ sth to sb (စာအုပ်စသည်တွင် စာရေးသူက) တစ်စုံတစ်ဦးအား ရည်စူးကြောင်း ဖော်ပြသည်။ She dedicated her first book to her teacher (eg by putting his name at the front). ❍ That song was dedicated to Lynette from her husband Peter.
၃။ ~ sth (to sb/sth) တစ်စုံတစ်ဦးအား ရည်စူးသတ်မှတ် လှူဒါန်းသည်။
The chapel was dedicated in 1880. ❍ A memorial stone was dedicated to those who lost their lives. Compare CONSECRATE
❏ dedicated adj ~ (to sth) (မိမိကိုယ်ကို) အလုပ်၊ ရည်မှန်းချက် စသည်တွင် နှစ်မြှုပ်ထားသော၊ မြှုပ်နှံထားသော။ a dedicated worker/priest/teacher ❍ She's totally dedicated to her work.
- [dedicate something to something] : Andy wants to dedicate more time to his hobbies.
- [dedicate something to doing something] : This woman has dedicated her whole life to helping others.
- [dedicate yourself to something] : He dedicated himself to academic work.
- Lynne has dedicated the novel to her friend Norma.
- A church dedicated to Saint Francis
- The newspaper dedicated three whole pages to pictures of the princess.
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