devoted

English

Etymology

From devote +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvəʊtəd/

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Verb

devoted

1. simple past and past participle of devote

Adjective

devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)

1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.

3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
4. (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 31:

     The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]

   • 1828, Washington Irving, “First Landing of Columbus in the New World”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 151:

     The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant transports. They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.

Derived terms

• devotedly
• devotedness
• self-devoted

Translations

vowed; dedicated; consecrated

• Bulgarian: посветен на (posveten na)
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• Czech: oddaný (cs)
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• Finnish: kiintynyt (fi), ihastunut (fi)
• French: voué (fr)
• Galician: devoto m
• Hebrew: מסור (he) (masur)
• Italian: devoto (it)
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• Latin: dēvōtus
• Portuguese: devoto (pt)
• Russian: посвящённый (ru) (posvjaščónnyj)
• Spanish: devoto (es)

zealous; characterized by devotion

• Bulgarian: предан (bg) (predan), верен (bg) (veren)
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• Czech: zasvěcený
• Danish: hengiven
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• Finnish: innokas (fi), antaumuksellinen
• French: dévoué (fr)
• German: hingebungsvoll (de)
• Hebrew: אדוק (he) m (adúk)
• Irish: díograiseach, dúthrachtach, práinneach
• Italian: zelante (it)
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• Latin: dēditus
• Portuguese: devoto (pt)
• Russian: пре́данный (ru) (prédannyj), ве́рный (ru) (vérnyj)
• Spanish: devoto (es)
• Swedish: hängiven (sv)

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