loveverb [ T ]
uk/lʌv/us/lʌv/love verb [ T ] (LIKE SOMEONE)
A1 to like another adult very much and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to have strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family:
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- You may love someone without necessarily wanting to marry them.
- He said he would always love her .
- I think Phil has to face the fact that she no longer loves him.
- She faces the dilemma of disobeying her father or losing the man she loves.
- When I tried to tell her that I loved her it just came out all wrong.
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Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoring
- affection
- apple
- carry
- dear
- fondly
- gaga
- have (got) it bad idiom
- head over heels (in love) idiom
- infatuated
- infatuation
- lose
- puppy love
- romance
- romantic
- smitten
- stuck
- sweep sb off their feet idiom
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love verb [ T ] (LIKE SOMETHING)
A1 to like something very much:
A2 used, often in requests, to say that you would very much like something:
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- We would dearly love to sell our flat and move to the country.
- The kids love feeding bread to the ducks.
- I love Fridays because I leave work early.
- I've never been keen on classical music, but I love jazz.
- I'd love to go to Australia. I only wish I could afford to.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking
- affection
- attached
- be a glutton for sth idiom
- be a hit with sb idiom
- be big on sth idiom
- grow
- grow on sb
- have a lot of time for sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- heart
- lick your lips idiom
- liking
- smitten
- soft corner
- soft spot
- take a shine to sb idiom
- take to sb/sth
- taste
- thing
- warm
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Idiom(s)
lovenoun
uk/lʌv/us/lʌv/love noun (LIKING SOMEONE)
B1 [ U ] the feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to them, or strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family:
B1 [ C ] a person that you love and feel attracted to:
[ as form of address ] UK informal used as a friendly form of address:
A2 [ U ] informal also love from, all my love used before your name at the end of letters, cards, etc. to friends or family:
B1 to love someone in a romantic and sexual way:
B1 to start to love someone romantically and sexually:
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- Over the years, her love for him deepened.
- He wrote her a poem as an expression of his love.
- I give you this ring as a pledge of my everlasting love for you.
- Her latest novel is a searing tale of love and hate.
- She was torn between loyalty to her father and love for her husband .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoring
- affection
- apple
- carry
- dear
- fondly
- gaga
- have (got) it bad idiom
- head over heels (in love) idiom
- infatuated
- infatuation
- lose
- puppy love
- romance
- romantic
- smitten
- stuck
- sweep sb off their feet idiom
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love noun (LIKING SOMETHING)
B2 [ U ] strong liking for:
B2 [ C ] something that you like very much:
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- She never hid her love of diamonds.
- Food is my greatest love.
- Opera was my first love.
- I have a love of expensive clothes.
- His love of gambling drove us apart.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking
- affection
- attached
- be a glutton for sth idiom
- be a hit with sb idiom
- be big on sth idiom
- grow
- grow on sb
- have a lot of time for sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- heart
- lick your lips idiom
- liking
- smitten
- soft corner
- soft spot
- take a shine to sb idiom
- take to sb/sth
- taste
- thing
- warm
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love noun (TENNIS)
[ U ] (in tennis) the state of having no points:
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Tennis & racket sports
- birdie
- break
- break point
- court
- deuce
- double
- fault
- groundstroke
- half-volley
- knock
- lawn tennis
- match point
- passing shot
- racket
- racquetball
- rally
- seed
- smash
- sweet spot
- tennis shoe
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