Positive character trait

Dedicated

adj. Committed to a purpose, task, or responsibility.

4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu

What it looks like

  • Gives time and energy to a cause, a craft or the people in their care, over years.
  • Keeps learning to get better at what they do.
  • Shows up for the commitment when it is inconvenient.

Fits when a person gives time and energy to a cause, role, or craft they believe in

Not when the word praises self-neglect, such as someone working while ill

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.

  • Resume line
    Ran [program or service] for [number] years, growing it from [number] to [number] [participants or clients].
  • Reference or recommendation
    [Name] is dedicated to [their students, patients or craft]: over [number] years they [built or kept up something specific], much of it in their own time.
  • Report card comment
    [Name] is dedicated to [music, sport or a subject] and practices regularly, and it shows in their progress.
  • In a story, shown not told
    For twenty-two years the choir met on Thursdays, and for twenty-two years she unlocked the hall, set out the music, and stayed to stack the chairs.
Example

The dedicated coach ran extra practices for players who were struggling.

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