dedication

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun complete and wholehearted fidelity
  2. noun a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
  3. noun a message that makes a pledge

Etymology

Originated 1350–1400 from Middle English dedicacioun, from Old French dedicacion (“consecration of a church or chapel”), from Latin dēdicātiō, equivalent to dēdicātus+-iōn.

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