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Love I Important Loved Feeling Romantically Sexually Attracted

word love
definition
verb
If you love someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you.
Oh, Amy, I love you.
We love each other. We want to spend our lives together.
You say that you love someone when their happiness is very important to you, so that you behave in a kind and caring way towards them.
You'll never love anyone the way you love your baby.
If you love something, you like it very much.
We loved the food so much, especially the fish dishes.
I loved reading.
...one of these people that loves to be in the outdoors.
I love it when I hear you laugh.
You can say that you love something when you consider that it is important and want to protect or support it.
I love my country as you love yours.
If you would love to have or do something, you very much want to have it or do it.
I would love to play for England again.
I would love a hot bath and clean clothes.
His wife would love him to give up his job.
noun
Love is a very strong feeling of affection towards someone who you are romantically or sexually attracted to.
Our love for each other has been increased by what we've been through together.
...a old fashioned love story.
...an album of love songs.
Love is the feeling that a person's happiness is very important to you, and the way you show this feeling in your behaviour towards them.
My love for all my children is unconditional.
She's got a great capacity for love.
Love is a strong liking for something, or a belief that it is important.
This is no way to encourage a love of literature.
The French are known for their love of their language.
Your love is someone or something that you love.
'She is the love of my life,' he said.
Music's one of my great loves.
Some people use love as an affectionate way of addressing someone.
Well, I'll take your word for it then, love.
Don't cry, my love.
If you send someone your love, you ask another person, who will soon be speaking or writing to them, to tell them that you are thinking about them with affection.
Please give her my love.
other
number
In tennis, love is a score of zero.
He beat the Austrian three sets to love.
convention
You can use expressions such as ' love ', ' love from ', and ' all my love ', followed by your name, as an informal way of ending a letter to a friend or relation.
...with love from Grandma and Grandpa.
inflections loveslovingloved
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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