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to loving

to loving

41 1.0
To feel deep care for someone or enjoy something very much
  • verb
  • /ˈlʌvɪŋ/
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  • Thank You for Loving Me is about the human experience of loving and being loved.
  • stop loving
  • keep on loving
  • loving children

I mean, we get so much pleasure out of loving people and helping people.

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Examples

  • I mean, we get so much pleasure out of loving people and helping people.

    Lex Fridman

  • Loving him took up all my thoughts; there was no room left for me to think things through.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • These are all the beauty products I have been loving the month of August.

  • So you always talk about loving the process behind what you do.

  • OK, so far I am loving the foundation.

  • I have been loving it and so has my skin.

    Emily Norris

  • You know, I'm not a huge cheese lover, but I'm loving these so far.

  • Loving her was like loving the rich soil that surrounded him and anchored him to the ground.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • She's having fun and she's loving her freedom.

  • She is truly loving her new job, as it allows her to help others every day.

Synonyms

fond
vsto loving
223 1.0

Like someone or something in a warm way

expresses stronger affection or enjoyment rather than a milder liking
affectionate
vsto loving
56 2.2

To show warm, loving feelings to someone

expresses a stronger broad affection or enjoyment beyond tender actions
adoring
vsto loving
4 3.1

Showing deep love and admiration for someone or something

expresses strong affection or enjoyment but not necessarily deep admiration
lovesome
vsto loving
  • Archaic
9.9

Warm and gentle in a way that makes people want to care for it

expresses the actual strong affection or enjoyment rather than inviting it

Compounds

peace-loving
11 3.4

Wanting peace and avoiding violence or fights

tender loving care
  • Informal
2 2.5

Gentle, careful help and attention people give to someone or something that needs support

loving cup
1 7.9

A large cup with two handles given as a trophy at ceremonies

loving-kindness
1 5.2

A warm, gentle feeling of care and concern for other people

How Loving

passionate
329 2.8
devoted
80 3.4
to loving
41 1.0
affectionate
56 2.2
fond
223 1.0

Surface Forms

loving infinitive
loving present participle
loves third person singular
loved past
loved past participle

Morphology

loving = love (transparent) = love + ing

This is a regular participial formation from 'love', and the sense is directly predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

Loving is the verb form of love with the -ing ending, and love originally meant 'affection' or 'enjoyment'. So when you say you are loving something you mean you feel strong enjoyment or affection for it now.