Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
romance noun
/rəʊ ˈmænt s/, /ˈrəʊ.mænt s/
/roʊˈmænt s/ n
/roʊˈmænt s/ n •
[C] a close, usually short relationship of love between two people
They got married last year after a whirlwind (= very short and unexpected) romance.
It was just a holiday romance.
Office romances are usually a bad idea.
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[U] when you feel love for and are sexually attracted to someone
I felt as though all the romance had gone out of my marriage.
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[U] the feeling of excitement or mystery that you have from a particular experience or event
He loves the romance of travelling on a steam train.
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[C] a story about love
a historical romance
She loves reading romances.
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[C] a story of exciting events, especially one written or set in the past
medieval romances
(Definition of romance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
