dedication

English

Etymology

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Originated 1350–1400 from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English dedicacioun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French dedicacion (“consecration of a church or chapel”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dédicātiō, equivalent to dédicātus+-iōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dedication (countable and uncountable, plural dedications)

1. (uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
2. (countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.
3. (countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening.
4. (law) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property.

Synonyms

• (act of performed by a bishop of dedicating a Church to one or more people or angels as Saints): consecration

• (act of dedicating or state of being dedicated): diligence, devotion

Translations

the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated

• German: Einsetzen n, Einsatz (de) m, Hingeben n, Hingabe (de) f, Engagement (de) n
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• Maori: ngākau titikaha

note prefixed to a work of art

• Bulgarian: посвещение n (posveštenie)
• Catalan: dedicatòria f
• Czech: věnování n
• Dutch: toewijding (nl), dedicatie (nl)
• Esperanto: dediĉo
• French: dédicace (fr) f
• Georgian: მიძღვნა (miʒɣvna)
• German: Widmung (de) f, Zueignung (de) f
• Greek: αφιέρωση (el) f (afiérosi)
• Hebrew: הקדשה f (hakdashá)
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• Indonesian: bakti (id), dedikasi (id)
• Malay: dedikasi
• Navajo: baa deetʼáanii
• Polish: dedykacja (pl) f, poświęcenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: dedicatória
• Romanian: dedicație (ro) f
• Russian: посвяще́ние (ru) n (posvjaščénije)
• Spanish: dedicación (es) f, dedicatoria f
• Tagalog: patungkol

a ceremony marking an official completion or opening

• German: Einweihung (de) f, Weihe (de) f, Konsekration f
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References

• “dedication”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “dedication”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "dedication" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
• "dedication" in the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, Merriam-Webster, 1996.

Anagrams

• conidiated, eddication