devoted

English

Etymology

From devote +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvəʊtəd/
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Verb

devoted

simple past tense and past participle of devote

Adjective

devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)

Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.
Zealous; characterized by devotion.
(obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 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, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, book 1:
  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

Translations

vowed; dedicated; consecrated

Bulgarian: посветен на (posveten na)
Chinese:
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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)
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Latin: dēvōtus
Portuguese: devoto (pt)
Russian: посвящённый (ru) (posvjaščónnyj)

zealous; characterized by devotion

Bulgarian: предан (bg) (predan), верен (bg) (veren)
Chinese:
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Czech: zasvěcený
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Finnish: innokas (fi), antaumuksellinen
French: dévoué (fr)
German: hingebungsvoll

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Italian: zelante (it)
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Portuguese: devoto (pt)
Russian: пре́данный (ru) (prédannyj), ве́рный (ru) (vérnyj)
Swedish: hängiven (sv)

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