love
- noun
- /lʌv/
- Many people believe that love is the most important emotion in life.
- fall in love
- true love
- romantic love
You don't, you don't prove your love through science, right?
- You don't, you don't prove your love through science, right?
- Cheers and as always, peace, love and year.
- It's all with the most love and hope, but we can't.
- Also ask yourself, is it love or is it guilt?
- Do you feel the love that drives that soul?
- But I didn't get the love that I get in film.
- you know, you, you saw pure love from him. Yeah,
- If that's love then you give love a bad name.
Examples
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Maybe I'll catch you up on my love life.
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Once, she was in love with me.
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Do you think that love is just a feeling?
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I know more about love than you do.
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Is that your idea of love?
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Do you feel the love that drives that soul?
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Item 25: Find it easy to show concern, love, and warmth to others.
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American culture has understood and practiced love and romance in a variety of ways.
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For the first time in his career, he was exploring love as a pure emotion.
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Etymologically, philosophy is the love or friendship for wisdom; that is, the search for wisdom.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
An activity or interest someone loves and spends time on
A gentle warm feeling for a person, animal, or thing
A strong feeling of liking and caring for someone or something
Strong love and loyalty to someone or something
A gentle caring feeling of love and concern for someone
A strong warm liking for a person or thing
A strong feeling of love and respect for someone or something
A strong feeling of romantic love
A warm, gentle feeling of care and concern for other people
A strong love and friendship for a person or thing
Warm care and kindness that a person shows to others
A strong feeling of love or great liking for people and things such as art and music
A strong, loving loyalty and care for someone or something
Antonyms
Idioms
Words people say when they are very annoyed or want something done quickly
- Informal
To give someone so much care and affection that they feel overwhelmed
Compounds
- Literature
A drink people believe makes someone want to be with the person who gives it to them
- NSFW
Sex between people who are not married, often part of a belief in sexual freedom
- Jargon
A line on the palm that people say shows a person's emotions or romantic life
- Literature
Strong happy feelings for someone and the sadness that comes when they leave
- Offensive
A slang name for an upper arm or chest muscle men show off, sometimes meaning a man's penis
- Literature
A medieval style of romance where a knight secretly praised a lady he could not marry
A common European wildflower with purple, yellow and white flowers that garden pansies come from
- NSFW
Strong romantic and physical attraction between two people that often includes intimate contact
- South African
A grass from South Africa that grows in clumps and is often planted to stop soil erosion
- UK
A small tree with bright purplish-red flowers that grow on its stems before leaves appear
- UK
A vine without leaves that wraps around and harms plants like clover, with small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems
A tropical climbing flower with fine leaf parts and a strong smell when crushed
A tall plant from warm countries with long hanging red flowers whose leaves are eaten and seeds used like grain
A grass that lives for many years from South Africa and grows in dense clumps to stop soil erosion
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Love comes from an old English word lufu meaning 'affection' and an older German word for 'desire'; think of the same root in lover and lovely, so the word means a strong feeling of care or deep interest.