devotion B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /dɪˈvoʊʃən/ UK /dɪˈvəʊʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #8400 Meanings 1 noun Great love, loyalty, or commitment to someone or something. Their devotion to each other was clear to everyone. 2 noun The act of giving your time and energy fully to a purpose. Her devotion of time and money to the charity was remarkable. 3 noun Deep religious feeling, worship, or prayer. He showed great devotion in his daily prayers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · great love, loyalty, or... dedicationdevotedness 2 noun · the act of giving your time... dedication Word family Forms devotions Derived forms devotionaldevotionlessmisdevotionoverdevotionself-devotionundevotion Common collocations unswerving devotion Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion. Topics Emotions & Feelings Religion & Belief External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # devotion **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈvoʊʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈvəʊʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 8400 ## Meanings 1. Great love, loyalty, or commitment to someone or something. 2. The act of giving your time and energy fully to a purpose. 3. Deep religious feeling, worship, or prayer. ## Examples - Their devotion to each other was clear to everyone. - Her devotion of time and money to the charity was remarkable. - He showed great devotion in his daily prayers. ## Derived Forms - devotional - devotionless - misdevotion - overdevotion - self-devotion - undevotion ## Etymology From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion. ## AI Etymology devotion comes from Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion. Current senses include Great love, loyalty, or commitment to someone or something and The act of giving your time and energy fully to a purpose. English relatives and later formations include devotional, devotionless, misdevotion. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Religion & Belief markdown