0 to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person:
Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their families.
1 to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods
2 the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else:
3 the act of killing an animal or person and offering them to a god or gods, or the animal, etc. that is offered:
4 to give up something for something else considered more important:
5 to offer the life of an animal or a person to a god or gods in the hope of pleasing them, usually as part of a ceremony
6 the act of offering the life of an animal or a person to a god or gods in the hope of pleasing them, or the animal or person that is offered:
7 the act of giving up something for something else considered more important:
8 something useful or important that you choose not to do or have, in order to have something that is more important:
9 to choose not to do or have something useful or important, in order to have something that is more important:
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sacrifice sth for sth I was prepared to sacrifice my career for my family and my personal life.
sacrifice sth to do sth He sacrificed his position as CEO in order to keep the company going.
She's had to sacrifice a lot for that relationship.
He's the world's best tennis player but he's sacrificed everything else in his life for it.
He has sacrificed his personal life for the sake of celebrity.
Many women sacrifice their own ambitions to put their family first.
It's the only bit of free time I get in the week and I'm not prepared to sacrifice it.
You have to make sacrifices if you want to achieve your ambition.
It's a career that leaves you with almost no free time and that's a sacrifice I'm not prepared to make.
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