sacrifice
verb/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sacrifice | /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ |
| he / she / it sacrifices | /ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪz/ /ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪz/ |
| past simple sacrificed | /ˈsækrɪfaɪst/ /ˈsækrɪfaɪst/ |
| past participle sacrificed | /ˈsækrɪfaɪst/ /ˈsækrɪfaɪst/ |
| -ing form sacrificing | /ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪŋ/ /ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to give up something that is important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important for yourself or for another person
- sacrifice something for somebody/something She sacrificed everything for her children.
- The designers have sacrificed speed for fuel economy.
- sacrifice something Would you sacrifice a football game to go out with a girl?
- sacrifice something to something In her writing, clarity is sometimes sacrificed to brevity.
Extra Examples- soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country
- Comfort has been sacrificed for the sake of improved performance.
- She was prepared to sacrifice having a family in order to pursue her career.
- He sacrificed a rook in order to win his opponent’s queen.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gladly
- willingly
- be forced to
- be obliged to
- have to
- …
- for
- to
- sacrifice something for the sake of something
- [transitive, intransitive] sacrifice (somebody/something) to kill an animal or a person and offer it or them to a god, in order to please the godTopics Religion and festivalsc1
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin sacrificium; related to sacrificus ‘sacrificial’, from sacer ‘holy’.
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