Definitions of sacrifice [ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs]

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Definition of 'sacrifice'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sacrifice
the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some object to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.

2.  sacrifice
the person, animal, or thing so offered.

3.  sacrifice
the surrender or destruction of something valued for the sake of something having a higher or more pressing claim.

4.  sacrifice
something so surrendered or lost.

5.  sacrifice
a loss incurred in selling something below its value.

6.  sacrifice
Also called sacrifice bunt, sacrifice hit. a hit or bunted ball in baseball that results in an out for the batter, but allows a runner on base to advance or score.

7. (v.t.) sacrifice
to make a sacrifice or offering of.

8.  sacrifice
to surrender, give up, permit injury to, or destroy for the sake of something else.

9.  sacrifice
to dispose of (goods, property, etc.) regardless of profit.

10.  sacrifice
to cause the advance of (a base runner) in baseball by a sacrifice.

11. (v.i.) sacrifice
to offer or make a sacrifice.

12.  sacrifice
to make a sacrifice in baseball.

Etymology: (1225–75; < OF < L sacrificium=sacri-, comb. form of sacer sacred +-fic-, comb. form of facere to make, do¹)

Definition of 'sacrifice'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

2. (noun) sacrifice
personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

3. (noun) sacrifice
a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
"he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"

4. (noun) sacrifice, ritual killing
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

5. (verb) sacrifice
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners

6. (verb) sacrifice, give
endure the loss of
"He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"

7. (verb) sacrifice
kill or destroy
"The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"

8. (verb) sacrifice
sell at a loss

9. (verb) sacrifice
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

Definition of 'sacrifice'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) sacrifice
sth you give up in order to achieve sth, or the act of doing this
We make many sacrifices for our children.; sacrifice in a time of war

2. sacrifice
an animal or person killed as an act of worship, or this act of worship
ritual sacrifice; the sacrifice of sheep and deer

3. (verb) sacrifice
to give sth up in order to achieve sth
He was willing to sacrifice his relationship to get to the top.

4. sacrifice
to kill an animal or person as an act of worship
He sacrificed a lamb to the gods.

Definition of 'sacrifice'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sacrifice
the offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite

2. (noun) sacrifice
anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation

3. (noun) sacrifice
destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest

4. (noun) sacrifice
a sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value

5. (noun) sacrifice
to make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep

6. (noun) sacrifice
hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering

7. (noun) sacrifice
to destroy; to kill

8. (noun) sacrifice
to sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value

9. (verb) sacrifice
to make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice

Definitions of 'sacrifice'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. sacrifice
anything of value given away to secure the possession of something of still higher value, and which is the greater and more meritorious the costlier the gift.

Translation of 'sacrifice'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the act of offering something (eg an animal that is specially killed) to a god A lamb was offered in sacrifice.
Afrikaans: offer	Arabic: تَضْحِيَه	Bulgarian: жертвоприношение
Brazilian: sacrifício	Czech: obětování	German: das Opfer
Danish: offer	Greek: θυσία	Spanish: sacrificio
Estonian: ohverdamine	Farsi: قرباني	Finnish: uhraus
French: sacrifice	Hebrew: זֶבַח	Hindi: बलिदान
Croatian: žrtvovanje	Hungarian: áldozat	Indonesian: pengorbanan
Icelandic: fórn	Italian: sacrificio	Japanese: いけにえを捧げること
Korean: 제물로 바치는 일	Lithuanian: aukojimas	Latvian: upurēšana; ziedošana
Malay: pengorbanan	Dutch: heilig	Norwegian: offer, ofring, blot
Polish: ofiara	Persian: قرباني	Pashto: قربانى، حلاله: جارونه، شن
Portuguese: sacrifício	Romanian: jertfă	Russian: жертвоприношение
Slovak: obeť	Slovenian: žrtvovanje	Serbian: žrtva
Swedish: offrande	Thai: การบวงสรวง	Turkish: kurban etme
Taiwanese: 獻祭	Ukrainian: жертвування; жертвопринес	Urdu: خدا کے نام پر کی گئ قربان
Vietnamese: sự cúng tế, sự hi sinh	Chinese: 献祭，供奉
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