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love

[lʌv]

love Definition

  • 1a strong feeling of affection and care towards someone or something
  • 2a great interest and pleasure in something

Using love: Examples

Take a moment to familiarize yourself with how "love" can be used in various situations through the following examples!

  • Example

    I love my family more than anything else in the world.

  • Example

    She fell in love with him at first sight.

  • Example

    He has a love for music that is unmatched.

  • Example

    Their love for each other never faded.

love Synonyms and Antonyms

Antonyms for love

Idioms Using love

  • used to express exasperation or annoyance when asking someone to do something

    Example

    For the love of all that is holy, please stop talking!

  • work that is done for personal enjoyment or fulfillment rather than for monetary reward

    Example

    She spent years restoring the old house, but it was a labor of love for her.

  • love-hate relationship

    a relationship characterized by both strong positive and negative feelings for the same person or thing

    Example

    She had a love-hate relationship with her job; she loved the work but hated her boss.

Phrases with love

  • to have sexual intercourse

    Example

    They made love for the first time on their honeymoon.

  • an immediate and intense attraction to someone upon first meeting them

    Example

    She knew he was the one for her; it was love at first sight.

  • an intense but relatively shallow romantic attachment, typically felt by young people

    Example

    Their relationship was just puppy love; they were too young to know what real love was.

Origins of love

from Old English 'lufu'

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Summary: love in Brief

The term 'love' [lʌv] refers to a strong feeling of affection and care towards someone or something. It can also denote a great interest and pleasure in something. 'Love' can be used to describe romantic relationships, as in 'She fell in love with him at first sight,' or non-romantic relationships, as in 'I love my family more than anything else in the world.' Phrases like 'make love' and idioms like 'for the love of' expand the meaning of 'love' to include sexual intercourse and expressions of exasperation, respectively.

How do native speakers use this expression?