loved one
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1.3
- noun
- /lʌvd wʌn/
- So tell your friends, tell your family, your loved ones that you love them.
- death of loved ones
- lose a loved one
- loss of loved ones
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Watch on YouTubeHave you ever given your loved ones plastic flowers?
- Have you ever given your loved ones plastic flowers?
- Don't forget to get your loved ones gifts like you did.
- We don't store memories of our loved ones in the neurons in our brain.
- So tell your friends, tell your family, your loved ones that you love them.
- Doing this robs the family of answers on why their loved one came home in a box.
- Go hang out with the friends, family, and loved ones who knew your mom so well.
- You, your loved ones, that's the priority.
- I mean, some of them definitely had lost loved ones and had seen horrible carnage.
- It's something about the helplessness of seeing a loved one acting very out of character.
Examples
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I want to thank you for entrusting your loved ones to us.
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We live together with our loved ones, and our bodies change as the child grows.
Academic text (1995) -
We cannot perform a wedding for you and your loved one in our church.
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Go hang out with the friends, family, and loved ones who knew your mom so well.
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"It's sad how it takes bad things to bring loved ones closer," she said.
Fiction book (1995) -
When it is not practical to take loved ones along, staying in close contact becomes critical.
Academic text (1995) -
I'll take a picture of you and your loved ones.
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You, your loved ones, that's the priority.
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Anytime you grieve a loved one, it's going to have an impact.
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I always make time to call my loved one and check in on how they're doing.
Synonyms
772
1.0
A word people use to address someone they care about, like dear
162
2.2
A person you love very much
19
3.4
A person who is very much loved
5
7.5
A gentle name used for someone you love
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person you love or care for' is directly derivable from combining 'loved' (deeply cared for) with 'one' (a single person); the phrase simply labels a person who is loved. This compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern is predictable for B1 learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Loved one may come from people shortening the phrase 'the one I love', using one to mean a single person and loved to show care. So loved one means 'a person you love or care for deeply'.