how to pronounce dedicate

/ˈdɛd.ɪ.kɛɪt/

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dedicate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of dedicate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… untidy so I tend to dedicate around 10 …”

meaning of dedicate

Dedicate means to give or set apart for a particular purpose.

dedicate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dedicate occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dedicate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dedicate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;