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1sac·ri·fice Listen to audio/ˈsækrəˌfaɪs/ noun
plural sac·ri·fic·es
1 : the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone [count] The war required everyone to make sacrifices. No sacrifice is too great when it comes to her children. He made many personal sacrifices to provide help to the city's homeless people. He made the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice [=he died] for his country. [noncount] The war required much sacrifice from everyone. He provided help to the city's homeless people at great personal sacrifice (to himself).
2 a : an act of killing a person or animal in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god [count] a place where priests performed human/animal sacrifices in ancient rituals [noncount] a place where people were offered (up) in sacrifice to the gods
b [count] : a person or animal that is killed in a sacrifice
The villagers hoped the gods would accept their sacrifice. The goat was offered as a sacrifice.
3 [count] baseball : sacrifice bunt
The runner went to second base on a sacrifice.
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