English-Danish translations for devote

helligeLondon-topmødet vil hellige den en hel del opmærksomhed. The London Summit will devote a lot of attention to it. Den økonomiske situation er sådan, at virksomhederne ikke kan hellige sig de unge. Businesses are unable to devote themselves to young people on top of the economic situation. For det første bør vi ikke udelukkende hellige forhandlingen om de offentlige finanser til nøjsomhed. Firstly, we should not devote the debate on public finances to issues relating to austerity alone.
tilegneJeg støtter forslaget om at tilegne en fjerdedel af budgettet til den digitale kløft. I welcome the proposal to devote a quarter of the budget to the digital divide. Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne tilegne mit indlæg til den meget fine betænkning, som hr. Mr President, I would like to devote my intervention to Mr Titley's very fine report. Hr. formand, hr. Fischler, jeg har ét minut tilbage, det vil jeg nu gerne tilegne Dem. Mr President, I have a minute's speaking time left, which I should now like to devote to you, Mr Fischler.

vieDet skal vi vie vores energi til. We have to devote our energies to that. Jeg finder det passende også at vie dette aspekt særlig opmærksomhed. I think it is fitting to devote special attention to that aspect too. Fattigdommen skal bekæmpes, så vi skal vie 2010 til denne kamp. Poverty must be fought, so we shall devote the year 2010 to the struggle.

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

They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ
I devoted this afternoon to repainting my study, and nothing will get in my way
to devote one to destruction
The city was devoted to the flames

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