Word of the Week

 

^SACRIFICE

 

¹sac·ri·fice sækrəfaɪs/ noun

plural sac·ri·fic·es

the act of giving up something that you want to keep 

in order to get or do something else or to help someone [count] 

 

▪ The war required everyone to make sacrifices. 

 

▪ No sacrifice is too great when it comes to her children. 

 

 ▪ He made many personal sacrifices to provide help to the city's homeless people. 

 

 ▪ He made the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice [=he died] for his country. [noncount]  

 

▪ The war required much sacrifice from everyone. 

 

▪ He provided help to the city's homeless people at great personal sacrifice (to himself).

 

 

²sacrifice verb

sacrifices; sacrificed; sacrific·ing

to give up (something that you want to keep) 

in order to get or do something else or to help someone [+ obj]  

 

▪ She's had to sacrifice a lot for her family.  

 

▪ He sacrificed his personal life in order to get ahead in his career. 

 

 ▪ I want to follow a diet that is healthful without sacrificing taste. 

 

 ▪ She was able to ask for their help without sacrificing her dignity. 

 

 ▪ They sacrificed their lives [=they died] for their country. [no obj] 

 

 ▪ She was willing to suffer, sacrifice, and work for success.

 

From Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary Online