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Definition: Meaning of, love in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / lʌv /

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love loved loved
Present Participle Third Person Singular
loving loves
  1. romantic attraction [transitive not in progressive] to have a strong feeling of AFFECTION for someone, combined with sexual attraction
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  2. care about [transitive not in progressive] to care very much about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend
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  3. like/enjoy [transitive] to like something very much or enjoy doing something very much
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  4. loyalty [transitive not in progressive] to have a strong feeling of loyalty to your country, an institution etc
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  5. I love it! spoken used when you are amused by something, especially by someone else's mistake or bad luck
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  6. somebody's going to love something spoken used to say that someone will enjoy something
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  7. somebody's going to love something spoken used to say that someone will not be pleased about something
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love loves
  1. for family/friends [uncountable] a strong feeling of caring about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend
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  2. romantic [uncountable] a strong feeling of liking someone a lot combined with sexual attraction
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  3. person you love [countable] someone that you feel a strong romantic and sexual attraction to
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  4. pleasure/enjoyment [singular, uncountable] a strong feeling of pleasure and enjoyment that something gives you
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  5. pleasure/enjoyment [countable] something that gives you a lot of pleasure and enjoyment
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  6. make love (to/with somebody) to have sex with someone that you love
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  7. make love (to/with somebody) old use to say LOVING things to someone, to kiss them etc
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  8. send/give your love (to somebody) or send/give somebody your love to ask someone to give your LOVING greetings to someone else when they see them, write to them etc
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  9. love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love written used at the end of a letter to a friend, a member of your family, or someone you love
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  10. (my) love British English spoken informal a word used when you are talking to someone you love [=  darling]
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  11. (my) love British English spoken informal a friendly way of talking to someone who you do not know, especially to a woman or child. Many women consider this to be impolite or offensive
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  12. be a love and ... / ... there's a love British English spoken used when you are asking someone, especially children and members of your family, to do something
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  13. there is no love lost between somebody and somebody if there is no love lost between two people, they dislike each other
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  14. tennis [uncountable] an expression meaning 'no points', used in the game of tennis
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  15. not for love or/nor money informal if you cannot get something or do something for love or money, it is impossible to obtain or to do
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  16. love triangle a situation in which someone is having a sexual relationship with the partner of a close friend - used especially in newspapers
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  17. for the love of God old-fashioned spoken used to show that you are extremely angry, disappointed etc
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love used in phrases

  • African love grass (noun)
    1. perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion control
  • City of Brotherly Love (noun)
    1. the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Love's Labour's Lost
    1. a humorous play by William SHAKESPEARE in which a king and three of his friends promise to study and not become involved with women. However, they meet a princess and her friends, and fall in love with them, so that they are unable to do what they intended.
  • Peacock, Thomas Love
    1. (1785-1866) a British writer and poet who used SATIRE (= a way of writing in which you make someone seem funny in order to show their faults) to criticize the politicians and writers of his time. His most famous works are NOVEL s such as Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey .
  • Women in Love
    1. (1921) a novel by D. H. LAWRENCE about two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, and their difficult relationships with men
  • agape love (noun)
    1. especially love that is spiritual in nature selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications
  • brotherly love (noun)
    1. a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
  • calf love (noun)
    1. temporary love of an adolescent
  • courtly love (noun)
    1. Middle Ages a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers
  • cupboard love (noun)
    1. a show of affection motivated by selfishness
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