With love meaning


definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

love noun (LIKING SOMEONE)

"I've been seeing him over a year now." "Is it love?"

Children need to be shown lots of love.

"I'm seeing Laura next week." "Oh, please give her my love" (= tell her I am thinking about her with affection).

Maggie asked me to send her love to you and the kids (= tell you that she is thinking about you with affection).

informal How's your love life (= your romantic and/or sexual relationships) these days?

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love

  • loveI have a great love and respect for her.
  • adorationShe described her complete adoration of her brother.
  • romanceTheir relationship was nothing but romance and bliss.
  • passionThe passion had gone out of their relationship.
  • infatuationNo one expected their infatuation with each other to last.
  • crushHe had a crush on his French tutor.

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He was the love of my life.

She was my first love.

 be in love

I'm in love for the first time and it's wonderful.

They're still madly in love (with each other).

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to love someone

  • loveI love you.
  • adoreHe absolutely adores his wife.
  • dote onShe dotes on her grandkids.
  • be crazy aboutI'm just crazy about our new daughter-in-law - she's perfect for our son.
  • be mad aboutUK He's absolutely mad about his new boyfriend.
  • be in loveI think I'm in love with her.

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 fall in love (with someone)

I was 20 when I first fell in love.

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to love someone

  • loveI love you.
  • adoreHe absolutely adores his wife.
  • dote onShe dotes on her grandkids.
  • be crazy aboutI'm just crazy about our new daughter-in-law - she's perfect for our son.
  • be mad aboutUK He's absolutely mad about his new boyfriend.
  • be in loveI think I'm in love with her.

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