sacrifice
🇺🇸
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
🇬🇧
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
noun
C1
Giving up something important to get something more important.
Parents often make sacrifices for their children's future.
C1
Offering something to a god, often by killing an animal.
Ancient rituals included animal sacrifice to please the gods.
verb
C1
To give up something important for something more important.
She chose to sacrifice her free time to help others.
R
To kill an animal or person as an offering to a god.
Some cultures used to sacrifice animals to their gods.
translation
Giving up something important to get something more important.; Offering something to a god, often by killing an animal.
To give up something important for something more important.; To kill an animal or person as an offering to a god.
Word Forms
3rd Present
sacrifices
Past
sacrificed
Perfect
sacrificed
Progressive
sacrificing
Plural
sacrifices