devote to

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

Hers is a life devoted to art despite the fact she was yanked from school and married off at sixteen. —Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026

The park has entire sections devoted to young guests, including two of its newest features in Charlie Brown’s River Raft Blast and Snoopy’s Racing Railway. —John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026

Lawlor’s book contains chapters devoted to politics, but her inclination to reach for examples of the reasonable and unreasonable that any reader will intuitively share serves her less well here. —Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for devote to

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