love

/lʌv/

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Also a verb

Meaning

  1. A deep and enduring feeling of intense affection and personal attachment.

    • Their lifelong love endured through decades of personal hardships and career changes.

  2. A strong enthusiasm, admiration, or liking for an activity, object, or pursuit.

    • Her enduring love for classical music began during early childhood piano lessons.

  3. A person who is the object of another's romantic affection.

    • She wrote letters home describing the architect who had become the love of her life.

  4. A score of zero in tennis games and sets.

    • The tournament champion won the final set decisively by six games to love.

Collocations

  • fall in love
  • unconditional love
  • first love
  • love of life
  • love story
  • tough love
  • deep love
  • express love

Synonyms

  • affection
  • devotion
  • passion

Antonyms

  • hatred

Idioms

  • labor of love

    done out of devotion rather than for money

    Restoring the vintage car took five years, but it was truly a labor of love.

  • no love lost

    mutual dislike or animosity between people

    There was clearly no love lost between the two rival business partners.

  • for the love of

    used to express exasperation or urgency

    For the love of Pete, please remember to lock the front door.