to love
- verb
- /lʌv/
- I love going for long walks in the park on sunny days.
- love people
- love children
- love learning
Oh gosh, I freaking love cake so much.
- Oh gosh, I freaking love cake so much.
- It's beautiful and I love Louise Young brushes.
- What that means is I love the wire and crabs.
- It's really cold, but I love a big faux fur jacket.
- And Christian, I love you, I love you.
- And I thought I would love to shake that man's hand.
- I love jiu jitsu, I love surfing.
- Those English cooks, they love to mess with fish.
- And I just love, I love all kinds of film.
- Yet I keep on dying because I love to live.
- I, I have come to really love being with me.
- You love him, good or bad, you love him fine.
- He loves me, he loves me not he loves me.
Examples
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Each of us has to find what we love most about our profession.
Academic text (2011) -
Another stated: "While I love my students, I feel that I will burn out."
Academic text (2012) -
As of today, I will love myself first.
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So I love her, I love her, I love her.
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I actually kind of love how they look on here.
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I love this, I love this, I love this.
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One of the many reasons I love living with this guy.
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You know I love you very much, right?
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And I just love, I love all kinds of film.
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But Carolyn and I do love the Bay Area, and it is home at this point.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
To feel that someone or something matters to you
To feel happy because of something you do or see
Like a person or want something
Love someone or something very much
To feel deep love for someone or something and treat it with care
To care about someone or something very much
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
Phrasal Verbs
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
To love (verb) comes from Old English lufu meaning 'affection' and is the same idea behind lover and lovely, so to love someone or something is to feel strong care or great pleasure in them.