love
love Lexical Profile
love Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An intense feeling of deep affection, care, and emotional attachment toward a person.
"Parents naturally feel a deep, unconditional love for their children."
A great interest, enthusiasm, and pleasure in an activity, pursuit, or thing.
"Her lifelong love of classical music inspired her to become a concert pianist."
A person or thing that one feels deep romantic or personal affection for.
"He was the greatest love of her life, and they remained together for fifty years."
A score of zero in tennis, squash, and certain other racket sports.
"She held her serve to win the opening game at forty-love."
• verb
To feel a deep romantic, familial, or affectionate attachment to someone.
"He has loved his wife dearly since the day they first met in college."
To like or enjoy something very much.
"The students love reading adventure novels during their free afternoon periods."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English lufu (noun) and lufian (verb), of Proto-Germanic origin and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewbh-, meaning to care, desire, or love.