dedicating
Devoting to something
Dedicating is the act of committing something to a particular purpose or person.
You might be dedicating time to a project, dedicating a book to someone who inspired it, or dedicating a building in a formal ceremony: She's dedicating her career to public service.
The word carries a sense of deliberate, often solemn, assignment of resources, effort, or honor.
Making a solemn promise
- devotingGiving completely to
- allocatingDistributing for specific purposes
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
- earmarkingAllocating for specific purpose
reserving · committing · apportioning · setting aside · allotting · designating · directing · channeling
Formal beginning ceremony
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- unveilingAct of first revealing
blessing · launch · convocation · installation · commemoration · opening · sanctification · commissioning
Faithful commitment to another
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
faithfulness · constancy · zeal · passion · ardor · attachment · single-mindedness · wholeheartedness
Recognizing with respect
- memorializingPreserving someone's legacy
- commemoratingFormally remembering something significant
- celebratingObserving with festivity
- recognizingPerceiving as known
saluting · enshrining · immortalizing · naming · inscribing · acknowledging · crediting · toasting
Directing mental effort narrowly
- prioritizingOrdering by importance
- applyingPutting into use
- directingOverseeing a production
- centeringPositioning at midpoint
channeling · immersing · absorbing · engaging · zeroing in · honing in · targeting · fixating
pledging
Making a solemn promise
- devotingGiving completely to
- allocatingDistributing for specific purposes
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
earmarking · reserving · committing · apportioning · setting aside · allotting · designating · directing · channeling · investing
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- christeningCeremony naming a child
unveiling · blessing · launch · convocation · installation · commemoration · opening · sanctification · commissioning · enshrinement
loyalty
Faithful commitment to another
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
steadfastness · faithfulness · constancy · zeal · passion · ardor · attachment · single-mindedness · wholeheartedness · earnestness
honoring
Recognizing with respect
- memorializingPreserving someone's legacy
- commemoratingFormally remembering something significant
- celebratingObserving with festivity
recognizing · saluting · enshrining · immortalizing · naming · inscribing · acknowledging · crediting · toasting · eulogizing
concentrating
Directing mental effort narrowly
- prioritizingOrdering by importance
- applyingPutting into use
- directingOverseeing a production
centering · channeling · immersing · absorbing · engaging · zeroing in · honing in · targeting · fixating · attending
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- loyalty actskeeping secrets, keeping faith
- placingplacing, positioning, putting, inserting, setting
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
- persistingpersisting, persevering, persistence, perseverance, continuing
- stepping upstepping up, volunteering, taking action, rising up, responding
dedicatingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
neglecting · forsaking · deserting · withdrawing · quitting
dedicatingmisusing
Employing incorrectly or improperly
misapplying · wasting · squandering · misdirecting · diverting
dedicatingdesecrating
Violating something sacred
profaning · defiling · violating · dishonoring · blaspheming
- dedication ceremonyFormal opening celebration
- dedication songSong requested for another
- dedication speechFormal address at consecration
- baby dedicationChurch ceremony for newborns
- church dedicationCeremony sanctifying a worship building
- dedication ceremoniesEvents formally opening something