love
verb [T] (LIKE SOMEONE) /lʌv/Definition
A1 to like another adult very much and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to have strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family: I love you. Last night he told me he loved me. I've only ever loved one man. I'm sure he loves his kids.Loving and in love
(Definition of love verb (LIKE SOMEONE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoration noun
- adore verb (LOVE)
- adoring adjective
- affection noun
- be gone on sb idiom
- be soft on sb idiom
- care for sb phrasal verb (LIKE)
- endearment noun
- fall for sb phrasal verb
- fall in love idiom
- fondly adverb (LIKING)
- have got it bad idiom
- loveless adjective
- lovey-dovey adjective
- loving adjective
- lurve noun
- puppy love noun
- worship verb (ADMIRE)
- young love idiom
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Loving and in love
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