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   Sac·ri·fice

   /ˈsakrəˌfīs/

   

   noun

   • 1. an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure: "they offer sacrifices to the spirits" Similar ritual slaughterhecatombimmolationofferingoblationself-sacrificeself-immolation
   • ▪ an animal, person, or object offered in a sacrifice. Similar (votive) offeringgiftoblationvictimburnt offering
   • ▪ an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy: "we must all be prepared to make sacrifices" Similar giving upabandonmentsurrenderforegoingrenouncingrenunciationrenouncementforfeiturelossrelinquishmentresignationabdicationsigning awayyieldingcedingwaivingrenunciationrelinquishmentlossself-sacrificesacrifice somethinggive up things
   • ▪ Christ's offering of himself in the Crucifixion.
   • ▪ the Eucharist regarded either (in Catholic terms) as a propitiatory offering of the body and blood of Christ or (in Protestant terms) as an act of thanksgiving.
   • ▪ a move intended to allow the opponent to win a pawn or piece, for strategic or tactical reasons.
   • ▪ a bunted ball that puts the batter out but allows a base runner or runners to advance.
   • ▪ a bid made in the belief that it will be less costly to be defeated in the contract than to allow the opponents to make a contract.

   verb

   • 1. offer or kill as a religious sacrifice: "the goat was sacrificed at the shrine" Similar offer upimmolateslaughter
   • ▪ give up (something important or valued) for the sake of other considerations: "working hard doesn't mean sacrificing your social life" Similar give upabandonsurrenderforgorenounceforfeitrelinquishresignabdicatesign awayyieldcedewaiveprostitutebetray
   • ▪ deliberately allow one's opponent to win (a pawn or piece).
   • ▪ advance (a base runner) by a sacrifice.
   • ▪ make a sacrifice bid.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin sacrificium; related to sacrificus ‘sacrificial’, from sacer ‘holy’.

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   The meaning of SACRIFICE is an act of offering to a deity something precious; especially : the killing of a victim on an altar. How to use sacrifice in a sentence.

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   A sacrifice is something important or precious that is given up for the sake of gaining something or allowing something to happen that is considered more important, as in I had to work hard and make a lot of sacrifices to achieve success.

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   something useful or important that you choose not to do or have, in order to have something that is more important: make sacrifices Most workers have made sacrifices to keep the company alive. The economy is starting to grow and, after six years of sacrifice, to deliver higher incomes.

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   A sacrifice is a loss or something you give up, usually for the sake of a better cause. Parents sacrifice time and sleep to take care of their children, while kids might sacrifice TV time to hang out with mom and dad.

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   1. a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil. 2. a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity. 3. a symbolic offering of something to a deity.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › sacrificeSACRIFICE | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   something valuable that you give up in order to achieve something, or the act of giving it up: Sometimes you have to make sacrifices to succeed. sacrifice noun [C, U] (KILL) something offered to a god in a religious ceremony, especially an animal that is killed, or the act of offering it. See also. self-sacrifice. sacrifice. verb [ T ]

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionsacrifice noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   sacrifice. the fact of giving up something important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important; something that you give up in this way. The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality.