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Dictionary Definition of Love

love (Noun.)

1. (uncountable) Strong affection.

A profound and caring affection towards someone. (Ex: A mother’s love is not easily shaken; My
husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.)
A feeling of intense attraction towards someone. (Ex: I have never been in love as much as I have
with you.)
A profound feeling of trust and security towards a person or a deity.

A feeling of care and mercy towards people or living beings in general.

A deep or abiding liking for something. (Ex: My love of cricket knows no bounds.)

2. (countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart. (Ex: I met my love by the
gasworks wall.)

love (Verb. Third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past
participle loved)

1. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
(Ex: I love my spouse. I love you!)
2. (transitive) To need, thrive on. (Ex: Mold loves moist, dark places.)

3. (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. (Ex: I
love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair.)
4. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or
something).
5. (transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation. (Ex: I love the fact that the coffee shop now
offers fat-free chai latte.)
6. (transitive) To lust for.

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