love

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.4 Related terms 1.2.5 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Noun 2.2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Pronunciation 2.3.2 Verb 3 Norwegian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /lʌv/, SAMPA: /lVv/
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  Rhymes: -ʌv

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English lufu (noun), lufian (verb), from Proto-Germanic *lubo, from Proto-Indo-European *leubʰ-. Akin to Old English lēof (“‘dear, beloved’”), līefan (“‘to allow, approve of’”). More at lief

[edit] Noun

love (countable and uncountable; plural loves)

1. (uncountable) An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.

   A mother’s love is not easily shaken.

2. (uncountable) A deep or abiding liking for something.

   My love of cricket knows no bounds.

3. (uncountable) A profound and caring attraction towards someone.

   Your love is the most important thing in my life.

4. (uncountable) A condition in which the happiness of another is essential to one's own happiness. (Paraphrased from a definition offered by Robert A. Heinlein, in Stranger in a Strange Land, 1961)
5. (countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart

   I met my love by the gasworks wall.

6. (colloquial) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.

   Hello, love, how can I help you?

[edit] Synonyms

• (darling, sweetheart): baby, darling, lover, pet, sweetheart, honey, love bird
• (term of address): mate, lover. darling, sweety

[edit] Antonyms

• (strong affection): hate, hatred, angst; malice, spite
• (absence of love): indifference.

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[edit] Verb

to love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

1. (transitive) To have a strong affection for.

   I love my spouse.

   I love you.

2. (transitive) To need, thrive on.

   Mold loves moist, dark places.

3. (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

   I love walking barefoot on wet grass.

   I'd love to join the team.

4. (transitive) To care deeply about.

   "You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole soul; you shall love your neighbor as yourself."

5. (transitive) To lust for.
6. (transitive, euphemism) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)

   I wish I could love her all night long.

[edit] Antonyms

• hate, despise

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[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• LOV
• luv
• wuv

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Types of love
• charity

[edit] Etymology 2

From French l’œuf (“‘the egg’”).

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love (uncountable)

1. (racquet sports) zero, no score.

   So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• vole

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

See lov

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔːvə/, [ˈlɔːwə]

[edit] Noun

love c.

1. Plural indefinite of lov.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle Low German love.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔːvə/, [ˈlɔːwə]

[edit] Noun

love c.

1. trust, faith

[edit] Related terms

• på tro og love

[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Norse lofa.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔːvə/, [ˈlɔːwə]

[edit] Verb

love (imperative lov, infinitive at love, present tense lover, past tense lovede, past participle har lovet)

1. praise
2. promise

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse lofa

[edit] Verb

love

1. To praise.
2. To promise.