romance
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2.3
- noun
- /roʊˈmæns/
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romance
- People have argued over the role and necessity of romance and relationships in contemporary women's fiction.
- love and romance
- desire for romance
- romance and marriage
It is like a brand new budding romance that's still tentative.
- It is like a brand new budding romance that's still tentative.
- It is a grease retelling of a summer romance gone wrong.
- So great partners is this blend between passionate romance and best friends.
- And it's also when the romance part really starts.
- What's been the impact on, on, on dating and romance from those apps?
- So we started with true romance and ended in love.
- A mix of, you know, yes, there are dance numbers, there's also romance and humor, action.
- I do have an issue with romance and Are you ready?
- So I think that the the romance marriage cools down though.
- Like I think I used to see romance very one way.
- And being that there was still some romance in this man.
- As nothing says romance like squad of courtship bots.
- Here in the steampunk world, even our romance is steaming.
- But in the past though, like dating is romance is really shameful thing.
- It's bad for romance, which means it's bad for both sexes.
Examples
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First couple weeks of a new romance, new attraction.
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And being that there was still some romance in this man.
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Like I think I used to see romance very one way.
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Do you know how romance can really go?
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American culture has understood and practiced love and romance in a variety of ways.
Academic text (2013) -
Their mutual crush grew quickly into a romance that had a feeling of permanence.
Fiction book (1993) -
Stories revolving around love and romance permeate our lives and media.
Academic text (2013) -
The intense group experience has fostered numerous romances and more than a couple of marriages.
Academic text (1994) -
The couple's love story blossomed into a beautiful romance that captured everyone's hearts.
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After spending a weekend together, they realized their romance had just begun.
Synonyms
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1.8
A close emotional or romantic connection between two people
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1.9
A story, like a book or film, about love between the main characters
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3.6
A secret romantic or sexual relationship between two people
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9.3
A secret romantic relationship, often with someone who is married
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4.1
A romantic relationship that seems perfect like in fairy tales
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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9.3
Stories or novels with dark, mysterious settings and frightening events
A group of languages from Latin spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland, northern Italy and the Tyrol
How Romantic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Romance as a love relationship grew from those old love stories called 'romances', which showed strong, often dramatic feelings between heroes. So a romance today is a close or passionate relationship like the ones in those tales.