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11sacrifice — 1 noun 1 (C, U) something valuable that you decide not to have, in order to get something that is more important: the need for economic sacrifice | make sacrifices: My parents were forever reminding me of the sacrifices they made to give me an… …
12sacrifice */ — I UK [ˈsækrɪfaɪs] / US [ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs] verb Word forms sacrifice : present tense I/you/we/they sacrifice he/she/it sacrifices present participle sacrificing past tense sacrificed past participle sacrificed 1) [transitive] to give up something… …
13Sacrifice (disambiguation) — A sacrifice is the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship.Sacrifice may also refer to:In games: * Sacrifice (bridge), a strategy in bridge * Sacrifice (chess), a move in… …
14sacrifice — sac|ri|fice1 [ sækrı,faıs ] verb * 1. ) transitive to give up something important or valuable so that you or other people can do or have something else: sacrifice something to do something: She sacrificed her career to bring up the children.… …
15Sacrifice bunt — In baseball, a sacrifice bunt (also called a sacrifice hit) is the act of deliberately bunting the ball in a manner that allows a runner on base to advance to another base. The batter is almost always sacrificed (and to a certain degree that is… …
16sacrifice — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin sacrificium, from sacr , sacer + facere to make more at do Date: 13th century 1. an act of offering to a deity something precious; especially the killing of a victim on an altar 2.… …
17Sacrifice of Isaac (Caravaggio) — The Sacrifice of Isaac is the title of two paintings by the Italian master Caravaggio (1571 1610). Princeton version Infobox Painting| title=Sacrifice of Isaac artist=Caravaggio year=c. 1598 type=Oil on canvas height=116 width=173 city=Princeton …
18sacrifice — noun 1》 the practice or an act of killing an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity. ↘an animal, person, or object offered in this way. 2》 an act of giving up something of value for the sake of something that… …
19sacrifice — n. & v. n. 1 a the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else more important or worthy. b a thing given up in this way. c the loss entailed in this. 2 a the slaughter of an animal or person or the surrender of a possession… …
20sacrifice bunt — noun a) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly with a hands spread batting stance with the intention of advancing a runner at the cost of an out The sacrifice bunt was fielded cleanly, but the only play was to first. b) The act of bunting… …
