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love life

love life

54 3.4
A person's romantic relationships and sexual activity
  • noun
  • NSFW
translation icon : vida amorosa
  • My grandmother, she was married to this man, and I always thought she had a very simple, uncomplicated love life.

How is your love life going NET?

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Examples

  • She'd gotten into the habit of complaining to him about her nonexistent love life.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • As Sam Smith's career continues to go from strength to strength, his love life provides the inspiration for his music.

  • The best years of your love life happen after your kids leave.

  • Own your own incredible love life and watch it come to you.

  • So she brought up the love life and she said, are you seeing anybody?

  • Maybe I'll catch you up on my love life.

  • How's your love life these days?

  • Your love life's a mess, buddy boy.

  • And what is wrong with adding excitement to your love life with your spouse?

    Blog text (13)
  • She often shares stories about her love life with her close friends.

Synonyms

making love
vslove life
  • NSFW
98 4.4

Sex between people to show love or affection

refers to ongoing romantic and sexual relationships rather than the single act
lovemaking
vslove life
  • NSFW
35 6.0

Sex between two adults who care for each other

refers to ongoing romantic and sexual relationships rather than a single act

Antonyms

733 1.0

Not married and not in a romantic relationship

46 6.8

Not having sex often for religious or personal reasons

How Active

love life
  • NSFW
54 3.4
datelessness
1 8.0

Surface Forms

love life singular
love lives plural

Morphology

love + life

The meaning is directly compositional: 'love' modifies 'life' to indicate the part of someone's life concerned with romantic/sexual relationships. This noun+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish vida amorosa) and follows a straightforward semantic logic that a B1 learner knowing both words can infer.

Etymology

Love life calls your romantic and sexual relationships a separate life — imagine your love as its own small life next to work or family. That's why it means 'a person's romantic and sexual relationships'.