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Is devote a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word devote is a Scrabble US word. The word devote is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is devote a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word devote is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2E1V4O1T1E1

Is devote a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word devote is a Words With Friends word. The word devote is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

DEVOTE,VETOED,

5-letter words (2 found)

DEVOT,VOTED,

4-letter words (11 found)

DEET,DEEV,DEVO,DOTE,DOVE,EVET,EVOE,TEED,TOED,VETO,VOTE,

3-letter words (14 found)

DEE,DEV,DOE,DOT,EVE,EVO,ODE,TED,TEE,TOD,TOE,VEE,VET,VOE,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,ET,OD,OE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 39 words from devote according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of devote

devote

Etymology

From Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈvoʊt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvəʊt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

devote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted)

  1. to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter
  2. to consign over; to doom
  3. to execrate; to curse

Usage notes

  • Often used in the past participle form, which has become an adjective. See devoted.

Derived terms

  • devotion

Related terms

  • devotee

Translations

Adjective

devote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)

  1. (obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout

Anagrams

  • vetoed

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

devote

  1. inflection of devoot:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

devote

  1. inflection of devot:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

devote

  1. feminine plural of devoto

Noun

devote f

  1. plural of devota

Anagrams

  • dovete

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈu̯oː.te/, [d̪eːˈu̯oːt̪ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈvo.te/, [d̪eˈvɔːt̪e]

Participle

dēvōte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēvōtus

References

  • “devote”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • devote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

devote

  1. inflection of devotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

devote

  1. definite natural masculine singular of devot

Source: wiktionary.org