Definition:
Dedication- “a statement that says in whose honor something has been written, made, performed, etc.”
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, editor. "Cambridge Dictionary." Cambridge Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, 2022, dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dedication. Accessed 29 Aug. 2022.
Informal Definition:
Dedication is when an author, writer, or artist states which person the piece of work is being made for or in honor of.
Example: “For my mother, …”
Etymology:
“late 14c., dedicacioun, "action of consecrating to a deity or sacred use," from Old French dedicacion "consecration of a church or chapel" (14c., Modern French dédication) and directly from Latin dedicationem, noun of action from dedicare "consecrate, proclaim, affirm, set apart," from de "away" (see de-) + dicare "proclaim" (from PIE root *deik- "to show," also "pronounce solemnly," and see diction). Meaning "the giving of oneself to some purpose" is from c. 1600. Sense of "an inscription to a patron or friend prefixed to a literary or musical composition" is from 1590s.”
Harper, Douglas. "Dedication." Online Etymology Dictionary, www.etymonline.com/search?q=dedication. Accessed 31 Aug. 2022.
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