GIVES UP (TO) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

gives up (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of give up (to)

as in dedicates

to keep or intend for a special purpose unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking

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Proposition 28 dedicates an amount equal to roughly 1% of California’s base education funding — nearly $1 billion a year — to arts programs.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Quan, 56, dedicates a chapter to attending that year’s awards ceremony (the SAG Awards have since been renamed the Actor Awards) with the cast of his 2022 hit Everything Everywhere All at Once in his new memoir Never Say Die.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026

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As a historian of the European theatre, Hitchcock devotes only a single chapter to Japan’s imperial expansion in Asia during the thirties.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Amenities and experiences Harmon Guest House smartly devotes most of its real estate to guest rooms, allowing for maximum comfort in a busy area.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

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