devotion

B1 Topic:People & Society

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... dedication devotedness

2 noun · the act of giving your time... dedication

Word family

Forms devotions

Derived forms devotionaldevotionlessmisdevotionoverdevotionself-devotionundevotion

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Phrases (1)

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unswerving devotion
Steady loyalty or commitment that does not weaken or change direction.

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Devotion, recorded in Middle English, belongs to the Latin family of votum, meaning “a vow” or “wish,” from vovere, “to vow.” It is related to devout, vote, and vow.

Etymology

From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion.

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# 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
- People & Society

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