love

[lʌv]

love Definition

• 1. a strong feeling of affection and care towards someone or something
• 2. a 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

Synonyms for love

• affection
• attachment
• devotion
• fondness
• passion

Antonyms for love

• dislike
• detest
• hate

Idioms Using love

• for the love of

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

  Example

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

• labor of love

  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

• make love

  to have sexual intercourse

  Example

  They made love for the first time on their honeymoon.

• love at first sight

  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.

• puppy love

  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.