devote to

phrasal verb

devoted to; devoting to; devotes to

: to decide that (something) will be used for (a special purpose) : to use (time, money, energy, attention, etc.) for (something)

They devote an hour every day to worship.

Some of the money they raise will be devoted to repairing the church's roof.

The magazine will devote an entire issue to this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Examples of devote to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The question is whether the audience and the rest of the country would be better served if more energy devoted to political fights were spent on the less glamorous, but far more consequential, task of updating communications law for the world that actually exists. —Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026

This weekend the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio is holding its 12th annual Cinema Revival Film Festival devoted to celebrating the art and practice of film restoration and preservation. —Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026

At best, less money will be devoted to covering the news and investigating wrongdoing; at worst, that news will be slanted further toward one political point of view. —Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026

This is a twisted travelogue of sorts, each chapter devoted to a circle of hell populated by one group of sports gambling’s myriad losers. —Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for devote to

• hullabaloo
• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup