love of someone's life
123
3.2
- idiom
- Does it make you sad that the love of your life is gone?
Examples
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She married John Ferraro, who was the love of her life.
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That was not the love of her life.
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I thought I was the love of your life.
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Have you found the love of your life yet?
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Jack was the love of her life.
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Happy birthday, love of my life
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The love of your life left you.
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I'm thankful for June, the love of my life.
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This is my fiancé and the love of my life, Nicholas Parker.
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Have you found the love of your life yet?
Synonyms
771
1.0
A person who has a romantic or sexual relationship with someone
646
1.0
A word people use to address someone they care about, like dear
598
1.1
A husband, wife, or long-term companion in a romantic relationship
347
1.3
A person you care about deeply, like a family member or close friend
100
3.4
A person you feel a deep, natural connection with as a close friend or romantic partner
32
2.2
A person you love very much
16
3.0
The person someone cares for most and wants to be with
8
4.8
A person someone loves and values above all others
2
9.1
A person you love as a romantic partner
1
5.8
A person someone cares for deeply and wants to be with
1
7.8
A woman who is a man's sweetheart
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: combining 'love' with the possessive construction 'of someone's life' yields the person who is the primary or most important love in someone's life. Although 'life' is used somewhat metaphorically to indicate centrality or lifetime importance, this pattern is common across languages (e.g., Spanish 'el amor de mi vida'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Love of someone's life may come from the simple image of one special love walking beside you through your whole life, so that person feels like your main partner. That's why it means 'the person someone loves most and thinks is the most important romantic partner'.