Is the word love an adjective

adjective. /ˈlʌvɪŋ/ 1feeling or showing love and affection for someone or something synonym affectionate, tender a warm and loving family She chose the present with loving care.

What is love describe in one word?

Originally Answered: What is love in one word? Love is- unconditional. Simply being there for someone-without any questions, expectations or the want to change; accepting them for who they are and loving them completely.

What’s another word for I Miss You?

What is another word for miss you?

need	want
wish for	yearn for
ache for	grieve for
feel nostalgic for	long to see
regret the loss of	feel the loss of

What’s the word when u miss someone?

4 Answers. Besides previously-mentioned pining, yearning, and longing, consider wistfulness, “state or characteristic of being wistful”, that is, being “full of yearning or longing”. It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or deeply melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves.

What do you reply to I miss you?

How to respond to I miss you: best responses to someone you like or love.

• 01“I miss you too.”
• 02“What do you miss about me?”
• 03“I’ve been thinking about you too.”
• 04“I wish you were here.”
• 05“I can’t wait to see you again.”
• 06“I am counting down the days until we’re together again.”

How do you say I miss you in a flirty way?

30 Adorable Ways to Tell Your Man You Miss Him

1. I wish you were here right now.
2. I miss you like a fat kid on diet misses cake.
3. Your arms around me felt like home.
4. You don’t even have the slightest idea how much I miss you.
5. One of your hugs would be nice right now.
6. I just want to be where you are.
7. I miss you all the way to the moon and back.

When a girl says she misses you what does it mean?

It usually means that they miss you, literally. They miss you because they like to be around you because you’re a great friend and make them feel amazing. Note that just because a girl says something nice to you does not mean that she wants a relationship with you.

Can I reply me too to I miss you?

The ‘correct’ response would, indeed, be ‘I miss you too’, or ‘Miss you too’. But ‘me too’ is also used, even if it is not correct.

Can you say you too to I Love You?

If you want to say “me, too”, you can say that, although in some situations in may be interpreted as less sincere than saying “I love you, too.” Also, it’s probably not grammatically correct, but that’s the accepted way of saying it.

What does it mean when a guy says me too?

And if you are asking about face to face meet and then if he says me too, he could be feeling shy or some other feelings too. The point is it never shows if he loves you or loves you not by these “me too” thing.

What does it mean when someone says Miss you instead of I miss you?

Originally Answered: What does it mean when someone says miss you instead of I miss you? It means the same thing, just a shortened way of say it. It is the same as “Love you” instead of “ I love you”. Or “See you tomorrow” instead of “I will see you tomorrow”.

When a guy says he misses you what does that mean?

When he tells you he misses you, he might be trying to get in your pants, or he might be sincere. “I can’t stop thinking about you.” Of course, we’ve all heard this at one time or another. Too bad you’ve got to keep your guard up because lots of men will say they miss you and not actually mean it.

How do you know if someone is thinking of you?

If someone around you is experiencing stress or tension, their energy is affecting your body so it responds in kind. If no one is around you, then it’s more likely someone is thinking of you. They might be feeling tension while you’re on their mind, which causes you to feel the tension even from far away.

How do I know if he’s thinking about me?

If the guy you’ve got your eye on is always asking you questions, listening to you, and wanting to know more, it’s a surefire way to know he’s interested. It’s almost as if you’re some unique creature he can’t understand but wants to know more about. If he’s asking questions, he’s into you and thinking about you.

Is love an adjective or verb?

Love is a noun and a verb. It’s certainly not an adjective, though some other answers suggest it is. Remember, love affair, love birds, love letters, love triangles etc are compound nouns. In these cases, love does not act like an adjective.

Is love a verb or adverb?

love (verb) love–hate (adjective) love affair (noun) love child (noun)

Is love an action or a verb?

Love is an action verb. It requires sweat equity. There is no such thing a passive love. But, intense love is about actively loving.

Is loving a verb or noun?

adjective. feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.

What is the verb form of love?

Verb Forms of Love

(Base) 1st	(Past) 2nd	(Past Participle) 3rd
Love	Loved	Loved
Get list of more Verb Forms.

Who said love is a verb?

Stephen R. Covey

Is a love a feeling?

This doesn’t mean we don’t love the person; it means we are left with a choice. There is a difference between feeling love for someone (caring about a person) and loving someone (choosing to love that person). You may have love for someone forever. The choice to love is not a feeling; it is an action.

Is love a doing word?

Love is a verb, a constant effort.

What type of word is loved?

adjective. held in deep affection; cherished: loved companions; much-loved friends.

What is a stronger word for love?

SYNONYMS FOR love 1 tenderness, fondness, predilection, warmth, passion, adoration. 2 liking, inclination, regard, friendliness. 15 like. 16 adore, adulate, worship.

What words can describe love?

Words that Describe Love

• adorable.
• affection.
• amour.
• angel.
• bliss.
• caring.
• chocolate.
• companion.

How do you define love?

Some possible definitions of love include:

• A willingness to prioritize another’s well-being or happiness above your own.
• Extreme feelings of attachment, affection, and need.
• Dramatic, sudden feelings of attraction and respect.
• A fleeting emotion of care, affection, and like.

What are the 4 types of love?

The four loves

• Storge – empathy bond.
• Philia – friend bond.
• Eros – romantic love.
• Agape – unconditional “God” love.

What is the main of love?

Love is more of a feeling that a person feels for another person. People often confuse love and lust. Love means to be deeply committed and connected to someone or something. The basic meaning of love is to feel more than liking towards someone.

What is your own definition of love?

According to the dictionary, love is “an intense feeling of deep affection.” Meanwhile, Urban Dictionary defines love as, “The act of caring and giving to someone else. Having someone’s best interest and wellbeing as a priority in your life. To truly love is a very selfless act.”

What is love define in one sentence?

The word is mostly used according to the first definition given in the dictionary: “an intense feeling of deep affection.” In other words, love is what one feels. You may have very strong feelings about them, you may even believe you cannot live without them, but you do not love them.

How do u know you’re in love?

People who are in love generally feel a powerful sense of empathy toward their beloved, feeling the other person’s pain as their own and being willing to sacrifice anything for the other person.

How can we identify true love?

What are the signs of true love in a relationship?

1. Give and take in love.
2. Pure happiness.
3. Pain and anger.
4. You make sacrifices for their happiness or wellbeing even if they may not realise it.
5. The right effort.
6. You can’t hurt them.
7. You keep your promises.
8. When you truly love your partner, you see them as part of your life and your future.

What is the secret of true love?

To find real love, you must first emphasize your true self. If you want someone to love you through your moments of imperfection, you must first be willing to do that for someone else. Get to know yourself, love yourself, and learn to act and speak authentically. Be your best self.

How do you identify your soulmate?

18 Signs You’ve Found Your Soulmate

1. You just know it.
2. You have crossed paths before.
3. Your souls meet at the right time.
4. Your quiet space is a peaceful place.
5. You can hear the other person’s silent thoughts.
6. You feel each other’s pain.
7. You know each other’s flaws and the benefits in them.
8. You share the same life goals.

Who is your soul mate?

Your soulmate is the person who stand by your side at your best moments cheering you on. And it is the same person standing by your side during your most tragic failures, helping you fix the mess. You never doubt, for a single second that one person in this world has your back, no matter what.

How do I find my soulmate in 2020?

20 Different Ways to Successfully Find Love in 2020

1. Put Yourself Out There.
2. Take a Class.
3. Perform Volunteer Work.
4. Be Open to Finding Love in All Different Places.
5. Network With Dates Who Didn’t Work Out.
6. Ask People in Your Life to Set You Up.
7. Leave Selfies and Filters in 2019.
8. Don’t Just “Spray and Pray” Online Dating Messages.

How do you attract your soulmate?

5 Ways To Attract Your Soul Mate

1. Believe in love. Do you believe you can have a relationship that nourishes you, excites you, and keeps you coming back for more?
2. Heal old wounds.
3. Practice self-love daily.
4. Enjoy life before your partner arrives.
5. Live from your soul.

Can you feel your soulmate coming?

Your Higher Self is trying hard to let you know that your soul mate is coming into your life, therefore, besides the vivid dreams or instead of having them, you will have a strong, persistent intuition telling you that someone special is coming.

What age are you most likely to meet your soulmate?

According to the research, the average woman finds her life partner at the age of 25, while for men, they’re more likely to find their soulmate at 28, with half of people finding ‘the one’ in their twenties.

How do you attract love?

28 Metaphysical Ideas to Attract True Love

1. Get specific: What kind of a relationship would you like in your life?
2. Let go of your past, de-clutter and move forward.
3. Watch movies of the love you would like to attract.
4. Show yourself the love you think you deserve.
5. Buy yourself flowers or tickets to something you want to watch.

How do you attract love and happiness?

Here are some ways to bring more of it into your life.

1. Spend Less Time With Negative People.
2. Repeat Daily Affirmations.
3. Build A Supportive Network.
4. Put Yourself Out There More Often.
5. Try To Feel More Grateful.
6. Read Some Self Help Books.
7. Pursue Those Goals.
8. Try To Be Less Judgmental.

How do you ask the universe for love?

7 Steps You Absolutely MUST Take Whenever You Ask The Universe For Something

1. Step 1 – Be Sure, Be Precise.
2. Step 2 – Ask And Let It Go.
3. Step 3 – Be Patient.
4. Step 4 – Watch For Signs.
5. Step 5 – Trust That The Universe Knows Best.
6. Step 6 – Send Reminders Now And Again.
7. Step 7 – Be Thankful.

How do I ask the universe for a sign?

Ask the Universe for it to send you a clear or obvious sign within a specific time frame. For example you can say something like, “Ok Universe, send me a clear sign within the next 24 hours if I’m supposed to go through with this decision,” or whatever you want to ask about.

• #1

I would like to know if the word ‘love’ is a verb or an adjective (or both) in your language…
In English: I love you. (verb)

For the first time it struck me that in my mother tongue, Afrikaans, it can only be used as an adjective.
«Ek is lief vir jou.» (I am love at/for you)
It is sort of the same as:
«I am angry at you.» or «I am happy for you.»

With my limited knowledge of foreign languages I think it is a verb in English, German, French, Chinese, and most other languages.
The only languages that I can think of where it’s used as an ajective is Dutch and Afrikaans — I would like to know more.

I think it is interesting that the different uses makes different forms of the word ‘love’ possible or impossible, i.e. if it is used as a verb you can make a past construction ‘loved’ which is not possible if you use it as an adjective except by constructing the whole sentence in the past tense. And used as an adjective you can have degrees of comparison, as in Afrikaans, «lief, liewer, liefste»;which is not possible in English.

Curiosity killed the cat.

• #2

In Arabic you can derive it the way you want.

I love you = أنا أحبك = ana uHibbuka = verb.
Ek is lief vir jou = أنا حابٌّ لك = ana Haabbun laka (I am love for you) = adjective/noun.
???? = أنا محبوبك = ana maHboobuka (I am love by you) = adjective/noun.
I am your love (refering to love itself) = أنا حُبّك = ana Hubbuka = noun/verbal noun.
I am your love (refering to the one you love) = أنا حبيبك = ana Habeebuka = noun.

• #3

Hello,

In French we can use the both possibilities :
I love you = je t’aime
Ek is lief vir jou = je suis amoureux de toi (if I’m a man)
= je suis amoureuse de toi (if I’m a woman)

both can be constructed in past or in future :
— je t’aimais (past), je t’aime (present), je t’aimerai (futur) (in reference to a French singer’s song…)
— j’étais amoureux de toi, je suis amoureux de toi, je serai amoureux de toi

both can be said in different degrees :
— je t’aime un peu (a little), beaucoup (a lot), passionément (with passion), à la folie (madly)… (as said in a french children’s game…)
— je suis amoureux (lief), plus amoureux (liewer), le plus amoureux (liefste)…

• #4

Love can be a noun (amor) and a verb (amar) in Portuguese and Spanish.

• #5

In Italian it can be a noun (amore, ‘love’), a verb (amare, ‘to love’) and an adjective (innamorato, ‘in love’).

• #6

I would like to know if the word ‘love’ is a verb or an adjective (or both) in your language…
In English: I love you. (verb)

English «love» is both a verb and a noun.

For the first time it struck me that in my mother tongue, Afrikaans, it can only be used as an adjective.
«Ek is lief vir jou.» (I am love at/for you)
It is sort of the same as:
«I am angry at you.» or «I am happy for you.»

That is curious, and unusual to the best of my knowledge.

With my limited knowledge of foreign languages I think it is a verb in English, German, French, Chinese, and most other languages.

French (like Italian) has two main words for «love»: the noun amour, and the verb aimer. Other Romance languages are the same, I expect.

• #7

Hi,

I would like to know if the word ‘love’ is a verb or an adjective (or both) in your language…[…]
For the first time it struck me that in my mother tongue, Afrikaans, it can only be used as an adjective.
«Ek is lief vir jou.» (I am love at/for you)

Quite to my surprise, my Dutch dictionary mentions the verb ‘lieven, liefde, geliefd’, though it is marked as ‘poetic’. It seems to pop up in some Evangelic church songs. So, it surely isn’t the most common word, to put it mildly .

Groetjes,

Frank

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• #8

I don’t know any of those or other songs, Frank, but OK…

I just thought of the fact that we do have ‘minne’ (the old love word, that the Germans no longer use, I believe), — and which does not have the same etymologythe V ‘beminnelijk’ and some adjectives containing that word (‘minzaam’, though not referring to love, ‘beminnelijk’, based on the verb, others maybe).

I guess it is purely ‘accidental’ that we do not use the verb ‘lieven’ any longer (we do have ‘believen’, but that does not refer to love).

• #9

This my contribute to help you get more info about such topic:

TO LOVE in Italian tallies with the verb AMARE: example:

Amarti è tutto quello che desidero: Loving you is all I want

whilst LOVE is L’AMORE (noun)

L’amore è parte della vita: Love is part of our life

then you have lovely (con amore, amorevolmente)….in loving memory of…..in ricordo del caro…

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• #10

Em Português :

• — Verbo: Amar (to love)
  • «Eu amo a minha esposa»/»Eu amo o meu marido» (presente)
  • «Ele amou-a loucamente» (passado)
  • «Eu amar-te-ei para sempre» (futuro)

• Substantivo : O Amor (The Love), O/A amante (The lover), o amado/a amada (The lover),o amador/a amadora (The amateur)

• • «O amor entre duas pessoas é muito lindo»
  • «O meu amor/amante/amado faz-me bem»
  • «O atleta amador pode ir ao jogos olimpicos»

• Adjectivo : Amado/Amada (person ), amorosa (lovely), amável (that can be loved/kind), amador (not a professional)

• • «Ele é uma pessoa muito amada»
  • «Ela é (uma rapariga) amorosa»
  • «Foi muito amável da sua parte !»
  • «O desporto amador é essencial»

• #11

And in Norwegian the noun is kjærlighet and the verb is elske…. (Similarly in Danish kærlighed/elske and in Swedish kärlek/älska — to cover all three Scandinavian languages.)

• #12

My first thought was that love was both a noun and a verb in English, and just about in Yiddish (libn=to love, libe=love (noun)), but never an adjective.

I guess, as in German, the past participle can be used as both an adjective and a noun: «Loved ones»; «libe fraynt» = «beloved friends» (dear friends); «my beloved», «mayn gelibte(r)» — female or male. But that kind of thing can be done with many verbs; I don’t know if that was the point of the question.

As an aside, «I love you» («Ich liebe dich» in German) is more likely to be rendered «Ikh hob dikh lib» which I think has a German equivalent «liebhaben». For things, «hobn lib» usually means «to like», except perhaps for usages such as «I love life, I love freedom».

A colloquial (or solecistic) verb is «glaykhn» (which as «glaykh» = German «gleich» is straight or equal): «Ikh glaykh esn kugl» = proper «Ikh hob lib esn kugl» = «I like eating pudding». I have also heard «Ikh glaykh ir» («I like her»). In the old song «Everbody loves Saturday night» purists used «Yeyder eyner hot lib shabes baynakht», but lost ground to «Yeyder eyner glakht shabes banakht». «glakht» is in fact the way Litvaks («Lithuanians»=northeastern Jews) and Varshever (Warsaw Jews) parody the Austro-Hungarian Galitsyeynerish pronunciation.

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• #13

And in Norwegian the noun is kjærlighet and the verb is elske…. (Similarly in Danish kærlighed/elske and in Swedish kärlek/älska — to cover all three Scandinavian languages.)

And in Swedish we moreover have the cognate noun älskog ‘fysical love’ and the adjectives kär ‘dear, beloved’ OR ‘[fallen] in love’, älskad ‘beloved’ and älsklig ‘lovable, charming’

• #14

And in Norwegian the noun is kjærlighet and the verb is elske…. (Similarly in Danish kærlighed/elske and in Swedish kärlek/älska — to cover all three Scandinavian languages.)

How about the meaning ? is it something like to ‘care for’ ?

• #15

In Turkish,

aşk — love, sevmek — to love

• #16

How about the meaning ? is it something like to ‘care for’ ?

Not really, the dictionary (Swedish) gives for älska
1) ‘love; like, be very fond of; adore’
2) ‘make love to, have sex with’

Historically the word has had the meaning ‘nourish’ at least when talking about animals, so that comes a bit closer to what you ask. It is cognate to Latin alere, ‘to nourish’ and to English old (one who has had a lot of growing strength): http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE11.html

• #17

That is most amazing,I think… Thanks !

• #18

in Scottish Gaelic we need the noun in order to create the verb «to love»; the verb litterally translates as «I have love on you»:

tha gaol (or GRÀDH) agam ort.

Afterthought: in the Bible, you actually have the verb «gràdhaich» (to love), but it’s just that — archaic and Biblical. It’s not used in everyday conversation

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• #19

I am not very sure if I can modify the word this much, but let’s try this in Finnish.

rakkaus — love (noun)
rakastaa — to love (verb)
rakastettu — beloved (adjective)
rakastava — loving (adjective)
rakastunut — in love (adjective)
rakastaja — lover (noun)
rakastella — to make love (verb)
rakas — sweetheart, darling, dear (noun or adjective)

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• #20

Could one say ‘rakk-‘ words are somehow older or ‘more original’ than the rakast- words ? The latter seem like derivations from ‘rakk-‘ to an outsider like me.

What can you use ‘rakkaus’ with ? Only persons, or all kinds of things ?

• #21

Could one say ‘rakk-‘ words are somehow older or ‘more original’ than the rakast- words ? The latter seem like derivations from ‘rakk-‘ to an outsider like me.

What can you use ‘rakkaus’ with ? Only persons, or all kinds of things ?

1) Sorry to admit but I don’t know. I believe they have developed at the same time, but I may be wrong.

2) With anything. Rakkaus omaan kotimaahan (love towards your home country), äidinrakkaus (mother’s love or love towards mother).

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• #22

Ad 1: maybe one part of the answer could be: can you make other/ new words based on the ast-suffix or -infix (taking a Verb and then adding -ast- …). That would prove that rakk- is the base word, I think.

Ad 2: also ‘stupid’, excuse, unimportant things ? Can you rakkaus a sport, spinach ?

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• #23

1. New words are created with the rakast-stem. Rakkaus seems to be an exception.

rakasta|ja (lover)
rakasta|mo (a «factory» where people become loved )
rakast|in (a machine that makes you fall in love with something )
rakasta|va (a person who loves)
rakasta|va|inen (lovebird)
rakasta|va|hko (a person who loves a little/»somewhat»)
rakasta|va|sti (adverb: with love)

2. There are no stupid questions, just questions… (Tyhmiä kysymyksiä ei olekaan, vain kysymyksiä.)

You can rakastaa anything or anyone. Pitää means the same but is milder in meaning (to like/to be fond of), rakastaa is something passionate — just as in English.

I love spenach. Rakastan pinaattia (or: Pidän pinaatista.)
I love football. Rakastan jalkapalloa (or: Pidän jalkapallosta.)

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• #24

Well, at least we could not say : ‘Ik heb voetbal lief’ (only voetballers, perhaps)

Ad 1 : then I guess rakkaus is older…
Ad 1 : the rakastamo, rakastin: strange culture, Finnish — or where is that place/ what is that machine ?

• #25

Well, at least we could not say : ‘Ik heb voetbal lief’ (only voetballers, perhaps)

Ad 1 : then I guess rakkaus is older…
Ad 1 : the rakastamo, rakastin: strange culture, Finnish — or where is that place/ what is that machine ?

There are none yet, but I just made up the words for them

Pakastin (freezer) exists already (pakastaa — to freeze), so let us wait to see the first rakastin to arrive, then all problems in the world would be suddenly solved!

Ps. I specified the definition for rakastamo some posts up. Currently it means a «factory» where people become loved. Imagine this strange assembly line…

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• #26

Could one say ‘rakk-‘ words are somehow older or ‘more original’ than the rakast- words ? The latter seem like derivations from ‘rakk-‘ to an outsider like me.

What can you use ‘rakkaus’ with ? Only persons, or all kinds of things ?

rak(k)a(s/*h)- is the stem of the word. The degemination of the -kk- is regular morfophonemics conditioned on the syllable structure. The element -t(a)- is a derivational suffix making it a verb. Thus rak(k)as-ta- ‘to love’ is the enlarged stem forming the basis for further derivation with the iterative -el- suffix.

• #27

In polish:
love (noun)- miłość
to love (verb)- kochać
be in love- być zakochanym

• #28

rak(k)a(s/*h)- is the stem of the word. The degemination of the -kk- is regular morfophonemics conditioned on the syllable structure. The element -t(a)- is a derivational suffix making it a verb. Thus rak(k)as-ta- ‘to love’ is the enlarged stem forming the basis for further derivation with the iterative -el- suffix.

Thank you, dinji, for specifying I don’t know very much about deriving words in Finnish…

• #29

Not really, the dictionary (Swedish) gives for älska
1) ‘love; like, be very fond of; adore’
2) ‘make love to, have sex with’

Historically the word has had the meaning ‘nourish’ at least when talking about animals, so that comes a bit closer to what you ask. It is cognate to Latin alere, ‘to nourish’ and to English old (one who has had a lot of growing strength): http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE11.html

The etymology given here is the traditional one but according to recent research it might be wrong. I refer to this thread:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1373609

• #30

Hm… In Russian there is a root «-lyub-» [l’üb] (-люб-), from which two basic words are derived:
— the noun «lyubov'» («a love», любовь, n, f, [l’übov’], — the last syllable is stressed, the first and the last consonants are palatalized)
— and the verb «lyubit'» («to love», любить, [l’üb’it’], — the last syllable is stressed, all the consonants are palatalized)

The other nouns and adjectives are usually produced from these two, or from other paronymous verbs.

— lyubimyi, lyubimaya (n or a, m/f — любимый/любимая) — loved one; darling, from the verb «любить».
— lyubovnyi (a, m, любовный) — related to love, from the noun «любовь».
— vlyublyatsa (v, влюбляться) — to fall in love
— vlyublyonnyi, vlyublyonnaya (n or a, m/f, влюбленный/влюбленная) — a man/girl in love, from the verb «влюбляться»
— lybovnik, lyubovnitsa (n, m/f, любовник/любовница) — a lover (ususally in rude meaning), from the noun «любовь»
— vozlyublennyi, vozlyublennaya (n or a, m/f, возлюбленный/возлюбленная) — a lover (poetically), from the obsolete verb of perfective aspect «возлюбить» (to love)
…Etc, and so on… ))

The problem is that the English is comparatively simple, context-sensitive analytical language, where one word «love» can be noun, or verb, or adjective — and a part of multiple different constructions as well. But in Russian (just like in many other languages) the question of this topic wouldn’t have sense at all.

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• #31

In Greek:
Αγάπη-love
Aɣapi, (feminine noun)
Αγαπάω/αγαπώ-to love
Aɣapo, or in its uncontracted form, Aɣapao, (verb)
Αγαπημένος, αγαπημένη, αγαπημένο-beloved
Aɣapimenos, (masculine participle), aɣapimeni, (feminine participle), aɣapimeno, (neuter participle).
I’m in love: Είμαι ερωτευμένος, -η
Ime erotevmenos (masculine participle), erotevmeni (feminine participle), from the ancient Greek god of love, Ἔρως (‘erōs) which also described sexual love (ἔρως, ‘erōs, m.).
[ɣ] is a voiced velar fricative

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In German we have Liebe (noun; f.), lieben ((ich) liebe, liebte, geliebt; verb + accusative). Additionally there is the adjective lieb, meaning nice, behaving, beloved and perhaps some other things depending on the context.

@ ThomasK: “Minne” is indeed an ancient word for “Liebe”, mainly found in Middle High German texts, later for poetic use only.

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In Bulgarian it is a noun, the root however is a source for many words. Not for the verb to love though!

любов — love (noun)
любя — I make love (verb)
обичам — I love (verb)

Here is a quick overview of what you will find in this article:

✅Love Definition in the Bible
✅Love Unconditionally Definition
✅Lovey Definition
✅What is the definition of Love
✅Adultery Definition
✅Marriage Definition
✅Types of Love
✅Mingle Definition
✅37 Love Quotes
✅Love Synonym
✅Love in Spanish
✅Love in Japanese
✅Love emoji
✅Love triangle
✅Love in Chinese
✅Love vs Infatuation
✅30 Love Quotes for Wife
✅Love vs in Love
✅Love Questions
✅Love Calculator
✅Love Sayings
✅Love Proverbs

Plus…

1. Meanings of love
2. Dialogue between a teacher and a young student discussing the things the student loves in life
3. Nouns with Love
4. Adjectives with Love
5. Adverbs with Love
6. Collocations with Love
7. Love Idioms

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Love is a universal feeling that is experienced by many towards other people, animals, places, ideas, morals, sports and so on. You will hear many singers singing about love and many movies themed on love.

The word love in English can be used in various ways with different meanings and functions. Continue reading to find out these meanings and usages of the word love.

The different meanings of love:

1. As a noun love can be used to refer to a person, animal, place or object that a person has great affection or liking for, such as a family pet, a best friend or a sentimental landmark.
2. As a noun it can also refer to a person that somebody loves and is attracted to romantically, such as a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife.
3. As a verb love refers to liking or having affection for someone or something.
4. The verb can also refer to the sexual or romantic attraction a person feels for somebody else.

Examples:

When the noun love is used to refer someone or something you like or care for deeply.

• I have three dogs and two cats, they are the loves of my life.
• The love I have for my job will never fade.

When the noun love refers to a person that you love and are attracted to romantically.

• My husband is my first love and my only love.
• “Love, let’s go out for dinner tonight” her partner said to her.
• The feeling I have for you can only be described as love.

When the verb love refers to liking somebody or something.

• I love my family, we are very close and we all care deeply for one another.
• He loved playing tennis when he was younger, he would practice every day and compete in all the competitions.
• The children loved going to school because their teacher always made learning new topics fun and interesting.

When the verb is used to refer the feeling of a romantic attraction between people.

• I love my wife and I would do anything for her.
• We met in high school and we have loved each other ever since.
• She will never love him the way he loves her.

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愛の意味の違い。

❤️ Love definition in the Bible

There actually is no clear biblical definition of love, but there are different types of love described in the Bible. These different types of love are named in Greek because that is the language which was used to originally describe them. There are 3 types of love mentioned most often, and 1 that is more uncommon.

However, it is important to say first that above all else the strongest love is love for God. “God is love” (John 4:8), and if God is love then in Christianity one must also love God. This type of love is beyond the other types of love which describe the emotion between humans.

The first type of love is called “Philos,” and it is a love between friends. This type of love describes a deep affection for another person we consider to be a friend. It is not a form of romantic love. In the Bible, one example of “Philos” is the friendship between Jonathan and David.

The second type of love is “eros,” which is a romantic and physical type of love. This type of love is a passionate love with physical affection between two people. “Eros” is the Greek origin of the word erotic. In the Bible “eros” is described in the Song of Songs.

“Agape” is another form of love and it describes a selfless type of love for everything and everyone. It is often called “Christian love,” and is associated with Jesus Christ. Since Jesus gave his life because of his love for the entire world, he is commonly used as an example of “agape.” “But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greater of these is love.” (Corinthians 13:12)

The final type of love, which is not so commonly known, is “storge.” This is a type of love that is shared among family members. In the Bible “storge” is described between Noah and his family, as well as the strong family bond between Mary and Martha, and their brother Lazarus.

❤️ Types of Love

There are many different types of love, and not all of them have to be romantic. Some types of love are described in the Bible, while others have been described in psychology. Different types of love depend on the situation and the people that are involved.

The most common type of love is romantic love. This type of love is one between two people who are, or want to be, a couple. Romantic love means that the people have a deep affection, and physical attraction, to one another.

❣️Fatuous love

is a physical attraction to another person. This type of love means that a person has a type of affection for another person based on how they look. There is little attraction between two people sharing fatuous love, besides their sexual desires.

❣️Parental love,

also known as motherly or fatherly love, is the love that parents have for their children. It is often said that parents love their children more than anything. Fatherly or motherly love is a form of unconditional love.

❣️Self-love

is a love that we have towards ourselves, and the positive things we see in ourselves. This does not mean that self-love is vanity and that we imagine things that aren’t there. Self-love means that a person appreciates, cherishes, and knows which parts of themselves are good. A person who has self-love knows they are deserving of love.

❣️Uncommitted love

is a form of love where people are not forming any big commitments like relationships. It is a form of free love, where people can oftentimes see and even date other people. Uncommitted love can be seen as a fling between people, or it is often found in polyamorous relationships.

❣️Obsessive love

is a drastic form of love, where one or both people who feel this type of love are obsessed with the other person. This type of love is commonly used to describe stalkers. Most commonly only one person is obsessed with the other.

❤️ Love Synonyms

There are many synonyms to the word love. Love is an emotion, and there are different ways to describe that emotion. Because there are also different types of love there are also synonyms which describe each of these types as well.

One of the most common synonyms is

❣️affection

To have affection means to have positive feelings towards another person. These can be romantic, but also purely platonic.

• He has deep affection for him, but they don’t want to be a couple.

Another synonym is passion. This describes the physical aspect of love. Passion means a deep attraction to another person, both physical and spiritual.

• A haven’t seen a person with more passion that he has for her.

❣️Fondness

is a synonym that describes the type of love friends can share. It is not romantic, but rather platonic. Fondness is also not physical. It can also be constructed as a phrase, being fond.

• He is fond of her, and he likes many things about her. But I wouldn’t say he wants to be with her.

❣️Fancy

is a synonym that describes the early stages of love. It means that a person is attracted to another person, but they don’t know enough about to be completely in love.

To fancy someone means to like someone. To like is also a synonym for love, and it describes the same thing as fancy.

• I didn’t know she fancied her? I always thought she was more of a loner.
• Jack just told me that he likes Nicole, and I think they’d make a great couple.

A colloquial, or slang term, for liking someone is to have a crush on someone. A crush is one of the first steps towards love. It is not a strong emotion, but it is a fancy towards someone which can become more of passion with time. 

• She’s had a crush on him for years, and I just hope they take the next step.

❣️ To desire someone

is a synonym that relates to passion, because it describes a strong physical attraction to another person. To desire someone means to want someone in a mostly sexual manner. Desire is a strong emotion, but is does not always lead to love.

• He was crazy about him. He desired him for ages, but after it happened they never became a couple.

❣️Yearning

is another synonym closely related to desire, but is can be both physical and spiritual. To yearn for someone means that the person wants another person in their lives. This can mean either as a lover, a friend, or both. Yearning means feeling somehow empty without the company of the person you yearn for.

• She doesn’t just want him in her life she yearns for him, and without him she just seems sad.
• They live in different cities, they talk every day, but still he yearns for her.

Just like there are many different types of love there are many different synonyms. Each synonym describes a different aspect and part of love. There is no direct on-to-one synonym for love.

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❤️ Other words we can create with Love

Love Nouns

1. Love
having a score of zero in a tennis match

• “The score is still love-love, let’s wait and see how the game progresses” the commentator said.
• “What’s the score?” ”It’s 30-love to Williams. Williams is having an unbelievable match!”

2. Loveliness (noun)
a quality of being kind, caring or physically attractive

• Her loveliness and caring nature made her an ideal mother and role model to her children.
• The loveliness at the exhibition was overwhelming. Each piece was more beautiful and intricate than the one before it.
• From their apartment they had a view of the sea, it was a picture of loveliness.

3. Lover (noun)
a person who is having a romantic relationship with somebody, it is usually a more casual relationship and outside of marriage

• We were lovers in college, now we are married with three children.
• “Are they in a relationship?” “Yes, they are lovers.”

 4. Lovebirds (noun)
a couple that love each other very much

• Those lovebirds are infatuated with one another and can’t take their eyes off each other.
• When we were together we were like two lovebirds, we adored each other.

Love Adjectives

1. Loving (adjective)
showing strong affection or attraction

• He is a loving father to his children, he cares dearly for them and would protect them with his life.
• Her loving boyfriend, treated her to a home cooked meal after a long day at work.
• They have a loving dog who they see as a member of their family.

2. Loveable (adjective)
describing a person, animal or object that is easy to love

• Puppies and kittens are loveable, it’s impossible not to love them!
• Their baby son was so loveable, the parents couldn’t keep their eyes off him.
• She thought he was so fun and loveable that she decided to ask him out.

3. Lovely (adjective)
describing someone or something that is nice, attractive or pleasant

• The couple went to the park and had a picnic, they had a lovely day together.
• The wedding dress fitted the bride perfectly, she looked lovely.
• The lovely shop assistant helped the lost child find her parents.

4. Lovelier (adjective)
the comparative form of lovely.

• Many people think roses are lovelier than lilies.
• “The pink dress with the pretty pattern is lovelier than that dress” her friend told her.
• The park around the corner is lovelier than this park, let’s go there instead.

5. Loveliest (adjective)
the superlative form of lovely

• Sunset is the loveliest time of day.
• He is the loveliest person I know, he is so nice and thoughtful.
• “You are the loveliest child in the world” said the loving father to his child.

Love Adverbs

1. Lovingly (adverb)
showing or feeling affection or love for someone or something else

• They hugged each other lovingly.
• “I love you and I will always love you.” She told her partner lovingly.
• The mother lovingly carried her sleeping child to bed.

❤️ Love vs Infatuation

Love and infatuation may seem similar, but they are quite different. To love someone means to have a clear emotional connection to another person. Love is a confirmed attachment, which means that the emotions become stronger the more you know a person.

In order for a crush, or fancy, to turn into love two people have to spend time together and come to know each other. People truly love each other once they get to know each other. Love is a strong emotion that needs to be confirmed and even tested.

Love is a slow process, and it takes multiple stages. Infatuation is almost instant and does not require a person to test their emotions by getting to know the other person. Love means that the couple have a strong physical and mental connection. Infatuation is mostly a physical attraction.

Being infatuated with a person means that you want that person badly. This attraction is strong, but it does not require getting to know the person. Infatuation does not develop like love, it starts strong and it can end abruptly.

Infatuation more often than not does not last, unlike love. Love is nurtured and shaped until it becomes something stable. Infatuation is an instant emotion that can pass as quickly as it came about.

Where love is deep and secure, infatuation is shallow and not secure. Infatuation as a type of attraction can bring people together, and even form into love. But that is a rare case.

Love is founded on the deeper connection between people, and the more you get to know a person the more you love them. Infatuation is founded on shallow fancies, like being attracted to a person because they have a hair color you like. W

hile both love and infatuation are strong emotions that make people come together, love is meant for the long run, and infatuation is oftentimes just a moment.

❤️ Love vs In Love

There are some key differences between loving someone and being in love with someone. Loving someone is a type of commitment, and it requires time to build love. Being in love is a type of momentary feeling, which is made stronger with time.

Loving someone means being secure in the emotions that you have for that person. Being in love is usually called having butterflies in your stomach.

Being in love is commonly viewed as the first part of a relationship. It is the time period when you are just starting to get to know each other. While in love it is important to connect on a deeper level in order to form a strong love for the future.

This period of being in love is often the part of a relationship where people see if they have a strong connection. If the emotions and the connection between the couple grows they form a strong foundation of love. Loving someone comes after that starting period.

Loving someone is much stronger than being in love with someone. Love requires enough dedication to move beyond the first period in a relationship. Through this dedications and with time loving someone becomes a part of you.

When you love someone it is hard to stop loving them, and strong relationships are hard to break up. Being in love means that people fall out of love much more easily than expected. The biggest difference between loving and being in love is the strength of the emotion, and how long it can last.

❤️ Marriage Definition

Marriage is the legal and formal union between two people. The couple that are married are called spouses. There are different types of marriage.

The most common form of marriage is a religiously affiliated marriage. This means that the couple was married in a church, a mosque, a synagogue, or any other religious institution. Their marriage was officiated by a priest of their religion, and is recognized by their church.

A religious marriage is seen as a union that is protected by God. A priest of any religion that the couple has officiates the wedding to grant God’s blessing for the couple. A divorce in the case of a religious marriage is often seen as something taboo.

A legal marriage, on the other hand, is not affiliated with any religion. This marriage is officiated by a government official, and is not held in any type of church. This is seen as a legal agreement between two people who become spouses in order to share their lives together.

A legal marriage does not need to be only between a man and a woman. In places where it is legal, homosexual couples can also be married. It is called a legal marriage because it is often seen as an agreement between spouses to share their wealth and possessions.

❤️ Adultery Definition

Adultery is the terms used when a person cheats on their wife or husband. This can only happen in marriage, and it is not used for cheating while not married. Adultery is more often than not used in religion because it describes cheating in a sacred union between two people.

This term is used in all religions that have marriage. Adultery exists in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. This is because people need to be married in order for adultery to describe the cheating.

Committing adultery means being unfaithful to the husband or wife, and having sex with another person. A simpler way of saying it is that one of the persons in the marriage had an affair. This term affair is used when religion is not the main factor considered.

Committing adultery can lead to divorce, and it can have other legal consequences. Marriages that have suffered through adultery can fall apart, or the couple might need therapy and help in order to overcome it. Adultery is one of the main reasons for divorce around the world.

❤️ Mingle Definition

To mingle means to meet and talk to people you don’t know. Mingling is a verb used to describe getting to know new people, or walking and talking to people within a large group.

Mingling happens commonly at parties, or when going out. When at a bar, a house party, or a club, a person can walk around and talk to new people. Mingling also means that the person is not just with the people they already know. Mingling requires meeting new people.

Mingling can also have romantic connotations. It can mean that a person is meeting new people because they want to form a new relationship. Through mingling a person can form new relationships, friendships, or just talk so interesting people.

• I know you just went through a breakup, but you have to back out there and mingle.
• We’re going to this new club, since the music is great and we can mingle with some new people.
• She has the best house parties since there’s a lot of room, and people can just mingle and have fun.

❤️ Love Questions

There are many questions people ask themselves, or others, to see how they feel about another person. These questions are asked in order to determine if a person is in love, loves, or is infatuated with another person. Asking questions about emotions is important in order to understand how we feel.

• Do you love me?

This is one of the most common questions asked, and it is also one of the hardest to answer. It should be easy to answer this, in case you truly do love a person. But if you’re not sure, then there are numerous other questions you need to consider in order to know if you love a person.

• Do you value me?

Valuing a person means that you cherish them for everything they do, and for everything they mean to you. Their opinion is important to you, so are their words, their job, how they help you in life, and what they give to you. To value a person means that think everything they are, and everything they do, has a value not only to your life, but life in general.

• Should I change?

This is a very important question in a relationship. This does not just ask if you should change how you act, look, or what you do. This question also asks if you should change how you feel, or if what you feel is real.

In a relationship, people can change in order to be closer to their loved one. Asking if someone should change more shows that some things still may not be the best they can. These can be small, or large changes.

• Do you trust me?

Trust is one of the most important parts of a relationship. To love someone also means to trust them. Asking this question is very important because without trust a relationship cannot last.

• Will you marry me?

This question is asked when a relationship is ready to become a marriage. Once married the couple become spouses, and share their lives together in ways that they haven’t before. Marriage is considered the final step in a relationship.

❣️More Love Questions:

1. Is love at first sight real?
2. How do you know if you love a person, or if you’re just in love?
3. What do you find most attractive about a person?
4. Do you believe in true love?
5. Has anyone ever cheated on you?
6. What do you think a person has to do for it be considered cheating?
7. Do you believe love makes you a better person?
8. Can you give yourself fully to another person?
9. Are you faithful?
10. When you love someone do you believe it will be forever?
11. Would you like to get married some day?
12. Do you think you can be friends with someone you will previously in a relationship with?
13. What do you think makes for a healthy relationship?
14. Did you ever want someone to change in order for you to love them?
15. What would you do for love?
16. Have you ever done something crazy for a person you loved?
17. Could you forgive someone who cheated on you?
18. Does it take long for you to start loving someone?
19. Do you easily fall in love?
20. Do you completely trust the person you love?
21. How well do you know the person you are with?
22. Do you keep secrets in a relationship?
23. Have you ever cheated?
24. Has love changed the way you think?
25. Is it important for you that your family likes the person you love?
26. Are you physically attracted to many people?
27. Would you change in order to stay in a relationship?
28. Can you let go of a person you love?
29. What does love mean to you?
30. Are there things about love that scare you?

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❤️ Love Proverbs

Love is one of the most beautiful human emotions. There are many proverbs that describe this beauty, and that cherishes love in all its forms. Some of them are from different cultures, some of them are from famous books, and some are just logical. Here are some proverbs from different cultures that have become famous all around the world:

• Where there is love there is no darkness. – Burundi proverb

Love is often described as light. People tend to say to each other “you are my light.” So where there is a true form of love the light is strong enough that there can be no darkness, which means no negative emotions.

• A heart in love with beauty never grows old. – Turkish proverb

People who love are warm, affectionate, and passionate. So, a person who loves with all their heart will always remain positive. Since love is forever, and the emotion so strong, a person who truly loves will never stop loving.

• Love has produced many heroes, but even more idiots. – Swedish proverb 

Many things have been done for love, and because it is such a strong emotion not all of those things were smart. While in love we may sometimes do things that are reckless. This is why love can make heroes, but more often than not because of the stupid things we do it makes idiots.

• It is love that makes the impossible, possible. – Indian proverb

Love is so strong that it can make people do almost anything. When this influence is a positive one, and when people feel stronger because they love someone, they can achieve great things. Love can make people go beyond their limits, and beyond what they thought was impossible.

• Where there is love, there is happiness. – Polish proverb

Being happy can mean a lot of different things for a lot of different people. But love is the ultimate form of happiness, because you share it with another person. This makes love one of the strongest forms of happiness.

• Where there is love, there is pain. – Spanish proverb

Loving someone is not always easy, and it takes time and dedication in a relationship. Love can also mean pain, because it is hard to lose a person, or to go through all the changes that can happen. But going through that pain can make the love even stronger.

• Perfect love cannot be without equality. – Scottish proverb

In order for a relationship to work, and for the love to be true, both people have to be equal. This does not mean they just have to have equal lives, like jobs and pay. This means that each person respects the other in the same way.

❤️ Love Unconditionally Definition

To love someone unconditionally means that love has no limits or conditions under which it could break.

Two people share emotions on such a deep level that they do not need to fulfill any conditions in order to keep loving each other. The word unconditional means simply that there are conditions that need to be met.

When this is combined with love into “unconditional love,” it means that this love is one of the strongest possible. Usually, people expect something from the person they are in a relationship with.

This can be simple things like remembering anniversaries, birthdays, buying flowers, or some bigger things like being honest with each other, or not cheating. When the love is unconditional it meas that these expectations do not have to be fulfilled.

If a person loves another person for who they are, and that is the only thing they need to stay in love, then it is unconditional love. The expectations can be met because if the love is deep enough it becomes normal to do those things. But love is so strong because the most important thing is that both people in the relationship love each other exactly for who they are.

❤️ Lovey Definition

Lovey can mean different things because it can be a noun or an adjective. In British slang, lovey is used to describe a person you are in love with. The person is your lovey.

• After work I’m going to meet my lovey for lunch.
• Is he her lovey? I didn’t know they were together.
• My lovey and I are going on a vacation soon, and we’re thinking of going to Italy.

Lovey can also be an adjective, and it describes how affectionate a person can be. If a person is a lovey type of person that means they show their affection often. The adjective is used to describe people exclusively.

• He’s such a lovey person, and he always tells people how much he cares.
• If she wasn’t so lovey I think half the office would hate her.
• I can’t stand lovey people, and they always have to hug you and tell you how much they care.

Lovey is also one half of the term lovey-dovey. This describes a couple who shows their affection for one another publicly and often. Lovey-dovey couples show how much they love each other to people around them.

• They just started dating and they’re all lovey-dovey.
• Before we got married we were so lovey-dovey, now it’s just routine.
• Those lovey-dovey couples that can’t keep their hands off of each other drive me insane.

❤️ What is a Love Triangle?!

A love triangle is a romantic relationship that involves three people. It can be very complex, and a lot of feelings are involved. It’s called a lover triangle because each person involved is a point within the triangle.

In a love triangle, three people have various types of affection for each other. There are different types of love triangles. Some are common and can happen often, while others are rare.

The most common love triangle is when two people are fighting over the affection of a single person. The person who the other two are fighting over has feelings for both and has to choose. In order to get the person to choose them the other two fight for affection.

A different type of love triangle involves one person dividing their affection between two people. This is similar to polyamory, but the three people are not in a committed relationship. In this type of love triangle, one person is trying to find out who they really want to be with.

One of the most emotionally complex love triangles is when all three people share a level of affection for each of them. There is no fighting among the people involved, but they find it hard to choose who they really want to be with. This can be very emotionally draining and does not often result in formed relationships.

One of the most famous love triangles ever is the one between Juliet, Romeo, and Paris. This is, of course, from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

❤️ 9 Greatest Love Collocations

1. Love life
this is a part of somebody’s life concerning their romantic activities and relationships

• “How is your love life?” “It’s not great, I haven’t gone on a date in months and I’m not interested in anyone at the moment!”

2. Loved one
this usually refers to a very close friend or a member of the family

• Our family has lost many loved ones over the past few years, we will never forget the members of this family who have passed away.

3. Love letter
a romantic letter written from one lover to another

• He sent her a love letter every day while he was away. In these love letters, he talked about their future together and how much he loved her.

4. Love song
a song about love

• The singer and song writer wrote many love songs, inspired by the person he loved.

5. Love poem
a poem about love

• She enjoys reading love poems because they are romantic and remind her of her own lover.

6. Love affair
when a couple is romantically involved, sometimes this relationship or affair is hidden from the outside world

• They decided to keep their love affair a secret, they didn’t want anybody to know about their relationship.

7. First love
the first person somebody falls in love with

• He was my first love. We met in school and we were infatuated with one another. I had never felt that way about somebody before I met him.

8. True love
this is a very strong and special feeling of love and affection for somebody else

• You are my true love, I will never love somebody else the way I love you.

9. Young love
this refers to a couple that are in love and are adolescents. They may be naive, innocent or immature but they are committed and dedicated to one another

• They are in young love, they fell in love fast and are obsessed with one another.

❤️ 👉 Love Idioms and Love Sayings

Below is a dialogue between a teacher and a young student discussing the things the student loves in life:

• Love in Spanish: Amor
• Love in Japanese: 愛 Ai
• Love Emoji:❤️💖😍🥰
• Love in Chinese: 爱 Ài

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