Sacrifice | Mean of sacrifice in English Dictionary

/ˈsækrəˌfaɪs/

• Noun
• the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
1. The war required everyone to make sacrifices.
2. No sacrifice is too great when it comes to her children.
3. He made many personal sacrifices to provide help to the city's homeless people.
4. He made the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice [=he died] for his country.
5. The war required much sacrifice from everyone.
6. He provided help to the city's homeless people at great personal sacrifice (to himself).
• an act of killing a person or animal in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god
1. a place where priests performed human/animal sacrifices in ancient rituals
2. a place where people were offered (up) in sacrifice to the gods
• a person or animal that is killed in a sacrifice
1. The villagers hoped the gods would accept their sacrifice.
2. The goat was offered as a sacrifice.
• Verb

• to give up (something that you want to keep) especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
1. She's had to sacrifice a lot for her family.
2. He sacrificed his personal life in order to get ahead in his career.
3. I want to follow a diet that is healthful without sacrificing taste.
4. She was able to ask for their help without sacrificing her dignity.
5. They sacrificed their lives [=they died] for their country.
6. She was willing to suffer, sacrifice, and work for success.
• to kill (a person or animal) in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god
1. a place where people/animals were sacrificed in ancient rituals
• to make a sacrifice bunt
1. He sacrificed in his first at bat.
• to cause (a base runner) to go to the next base by making a sacrifice bunt
1. The runner was sacrificed to second base.