give up (to)

verb

Definition of give up (to)next
as in to dedicate
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for give up (to)
  1. dedicate
  2. devote
  3. set by
  4. save
Verb
  • The new data center was supposed to have been dedicated toward Meta’s new and ongoing artificial intelligence projects.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Fiscal 2024 just ended with the government running a budget deficit in excess of $1.8 trillion, including more than $1.1 trillion dedicated solely to paying financing costs on the $36 trillion U.S. debt.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of dedicate
Verb
  • After spending the rest of 2017 touring the world behind Joanne (including a headlining slot at Coachella, swooping in to replace a pregnant Beyoncé atop the bill), Gaga devoted 2018 to her first Hollywood starring role, in Bradley Cooper’s remake of A Star is Born.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Featuring the longtime band lineup of singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Janick Gers and Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden devoted their two-hour set consisting mostly of music from the 2021 record Senjutsu and the 1986 album Somewhere in Time.
    David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of devote
Verb
  • Australia’s other world-first proposals are the highest age limit set by any country, no exemption for parental consent and no exemption for pre-existing accounts.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • That is the date set by the election-law reforms for the resolution of all legal disputes.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of set by
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  • Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Projects save automatically, and even after downloading multiple projects, the total install size remained around 4GB, a fraction of the 512GB microSD in my Switch.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of save
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Thesaurus Entries Near give up (to)

give up the ghost

give up (to)

give way

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“Give up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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