Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put one's heart in

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: put one's -heart in
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be emotionally invested in (something); to do (something) wholeheartedly.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Angelica Cardona, with a microphone in her hand, stands among a group of candidates. Her voice reverberates firmly from the stage: “The art of weaving forms part of our Mayan identity. Nowadays, however, cheap printed fabrics are replacing our ancestral hand-woven textiles. This is how capitalism is killing our culture and preventing us from putting our heart in each artisanal piece we produce.”"

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

puts one's heart in (present, singular) putting one's heart in (participle, present)

Synonyms

put one's heart and soul in have one's heart in someone's heart is in

Questions

What does put one's heart in mean?: To be emotionally invested in (something); to do (something) wholeheartedly.

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