The word adore means what

обожать, поклоняться, преклоняться

глагол

- обожать; поклоняться; преклоняться
- разг. очень любить, обожать

to adore children [sweets, painting, music] — очень любить /обожать/ детей [сладости, живопись, музыку]
to adore swimming — очень любить плавать
I adore your new dress — я в восторге от твоего нового платья

- рел. поклоняться

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

to hail / adore the rising sun — заискивать перед новой властью  
to adore children — очень любить /обожать/ детей  
adore children — очень любить детей  
adore music — очень любить музыку  
adore painting — очень любить живопись  
adore swimming — очень любить плавать  
adore the rising sun — заискивать перед новой властью  

Примеры с переводом

I simply adore chocolate.

Я просто обожаю шоколад.

She adores visiting museums.

Она обожает ходить по музеям.

He’s a good doctor. All his patients adore him.

Он — хороший доктор. Все его пациенты обожают его.

We adore them for their generosity.

Мы преклоняемся перед ними за их благородство.

Betty adores her grandchildren.

Бетти обожает своих внуков.

He’s always been surrounded by people who adore him.

Он всегда был окружён людьми, которые его обожают.

They adored shopping in all the boutiques.

Они просто обожали скупаться /делать покупки/ во всех этих бутиках.

Возможные однокоренные слова

adorable  — прелестный, восхитительный, обожаемый
adorer  — обожатель, поклонник
adored  — обожаемый
adoral  — расположенный около рта, приротовой, адоральный

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: adore
he/she/it: adores
ing ф. (present participle): adoring
2-я ф. (past tense): adored
3-я ф. (past participle): adored

Other forms: adored; adoring; adores

Someone you adore gets put on a pedestal. Considering your fear of germs, when you told me that you had shared a toothbrush — I knew you must adore her!

Adore comes from the Latin word adorare, meaning “to worship.” So when you adore someone, it’s more than just a crush. However, like many words of strong emotion, adore gets used in lighter situations as well. Your aunt tells me you just adore the miniature fruitcakes she sends you every holiday.

Definitions of adore

  1. “he just
    adored his wife”

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (I pray to), from ad (to) + ōrō (I speak).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ədôʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: ədôrʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdɔɹ/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) enPR: ədōrʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈdoə̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: adore

Verb[edit]

adore (third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored)

  1. To worship.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

      Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this?

    • 1758, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition, Volume 6, Book 8, “William III,” p. 29,[1]
      [James] was met at the castle-gate by a procession of [] bishops and priests in their pontificals, bearing the host, which he publicly adored.
    • 1852, Frederick Oakeley (translator), “O Come, All Ye Faithful” in Francis H. Murray, A Hymnal for Use in the English Church,[2]
      Come and behold him
      Born the King of Angels:
      O come, let us adore Him,
      Christ the Lord.
    Antonym: disdain
  2. To love with one’s entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.

    It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.

    • 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 5, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 388:

      The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth.

    Antonym: disdain
  3. To be very fond of.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

      «I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don’t adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. []«

  4. (obsolete) To adorn.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

      [] and likewise on her hed
      A Chapelet of sundry flowers she wore,
      From vnder which the deawy humour shed,
      Did tricle downe her haire, like to the hore
      Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore.

    Antonym: disdain

Derived terms[edit]

  • adorant
  • adorative
  • adorer
  • adoringly

[edit]

  • adorable
  • adoration

Translations[edit]

worship

  • Belarusian: багатвары́ць impf (bahatvarýcʹ), абагаўля́ць impf (abahaŭljácʹ), баго́міць impf (bahómicʹ)
  • Bulgarian: боготворя́ (bg) impf (bogotvorjá)
  • Catalan: adorar (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 崇拜 (zh) (chóngbài)
  • Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
  • Finnish: palvoa (fi), jumaloida (fi)
  • French: adorer (fr)
  • Galician: adorar (gl)
  • German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
  • Greek: λατρεύω (el) (latrévo)
  • Haitian Creole: adore
  • Hebrew: העריץ(heeríts), סגד (he) (sagád)
  • Hungarian: imád (hu)
  • Icelandic: dýrka
  • Ido: adorar (io)
  • Italian: adorare (it)
  • Japanese: 崇拝する (ja) (すうはいする, sūhai suru)
  • Korean: 숭배하다 (ko) (sungbaehada)
  • Latin: adōrō (la), veneror
  • Macedonian: обожава impf (obožava)
  • Norman: adouother (Jersey)
  • Polish: uwielbiać (pl) impf, wielbić (pl) impf, adorować (pl) impf
  • Portuguese: adorar (pt)
  • Quechua: much’ay
  • Russian: боготвори́ть (ru) impf (bogotvorítʹ), поклоня́ться (ru) impf (poklonjátʹsja) (+ dative case), преклоня́ться (ru) impf (preklonjátʹsja) (перед + instrumental case)
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan adhradh
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: обожа́вати impf
    Roman: obožávati (sh) impf
  • Spanish: adorar (es)
  • Turkish: tapmak (tr), tapınmak (tr)
  • Ukrainian: божестви́ти (uk) impf (božestvýty), обо́жнювати impf (obóžnjuvaty), обо́жувати impf (obóžuvaty), боготвори́ти (uk) impf (bohotvorýty)

love with entire heart and soul

  • Arabic: عَشِقَ (ar) (ʕašiqa)
    Hijazi Arabic: عِشِق(ʿišig)
  • Belarusian: го́рача любі́ць impf (hórača ljubícʹ), го́рача каха́ць impf (hórača kaxácʹ)
  • Bulgarian: обожа́вам (bg) impf (obožávam)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 熱愛热爱 (zh) (rè’ài)
  • Czech: zbožňovat impf
  • Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
  • Esperanto: adori, amegi
  • Finnish: ihailla (fi)
  • French: adorer (fr)
  • German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
  • Haitian Creole: adore
  • Hebrew: העריץ(heeríts)
  • Hungarian: imád (hu)
  • Italian: adorare (it)
  • Japanese: 熱愛する (ja) (ねつあいする, netsuai suru), 敬愛する (ja) (けいあいする, keiai suru)
  • Korean: 열애하다 (yeoraehada), 경애하다 (gyeong’aehada)
  • Macedonian: обожава impf (obožava)
  • Norman: adouother (Jersey)
  • Polish: uwielbiać (pl) impf, ubóstwiać (pl) impf, adorować (pl) impf
  • Portuguese: amar (pt)
  • Russian: обожа́ть (ru) impf (obožátʹ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: gràdhaich
  • Spanish: querer (es)
  • Turkish: tapmak (tr)
  • Ukrainian: обо́жнювати impf (obóžnjuvaty), па́лко коха́ти impf (pálko koxáty)

Translations to be checked

  • Basque: (please verify) adoratu, (please verify) gurtu
  • Norwegian: (please verify) tilbe (no)
  • Swedish: (please verify) beundra (sv), (please verify) tillbe (sv)
  • Thai: (please verify) เทอดทูน, (please verify) บูชา (th) (buu-chaa)
  • Turkish: tapmak (tr)

Anagrams[edit]

  • E-road, O’Dare, Roade, dorea, oared, oread

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /adoɾe/, [a.ð̞o̞.ɾe̞]

Noun[edit]

adore

  1. energy
  2. courage

Declension[edit]

Declension of adore (inanimate, ending in vowel)

Synonyms[edit]

  • kemen

Derived terms[edit]

  • adore eman
  • adoregabe
  • adoretsu

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.dɔʁ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. inflection of adorer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

  • éroda

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French adorer (worship, adore).

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. adore
  2. worship

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈäd̪ɔrɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈäːd̪ore]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈdoː.re/, [äˈd̪oːrɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈdo.re/, [äˈd̪ɔːre]

Noun[edit]

adore or adōre n

  1. ablative singular of ador

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. inflection of adorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian[edit]

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. third-person singular/third-person plural present subjunctive of adora

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈdoɾe/ [aˈð̞o.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -oɾe
  • Syllabification: a‧do‧re

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. inflection of adorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  • 1
    adore

    обожа́ть (

    тж. разг.

    ); поклоня́ться

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > adore

  • 2
    adore

    Персональный Сократ > adore

  • 3
    adore

    [əʹdɔ:]

    1. обожать; поклоняться; преклоняться

    to adore children [sweets, painting, music] — очень любить /обожать/ детей [сладости, живопись, музыку]

    НБАРС > adore

  • 4
    adore

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > adore

  • 5
    adore

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > adore

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    adore

    [ə’dɔː]

    гл.

    обожать; поклоняться, почитать, преклоняться

    We adore them for their generosity. — Мы преклоняемся перед ними за их благородство.

    She adores visiting museums. — Она обожает ходить по музеям.

    Syn:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > adore

  • 7
    adore

    1. v обожать; поклоняться; преклоняться

    2. v разг. очень любить, обожать

    3. v рел. поклоняться

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. cherish (verb) admire; adulate; affection; be fond of; cherish; delight in; dote; esteem; honor; idolise; love; respect; revere; reverence; venerate; worship

    3. praise (verb) exalt; extol; glorify; laud; magnify; praise

    Антонимический ряд:

    abominate; despise; detest; hate; mock

    English-Russian base dictionary > adore

  • 8
    adore

    [əˈdɔ:]

    adore обожать; поклоняться

    English-Russian short dictionary > adore

  • 9
    adore

    [ə’dɔː]

    2) Религия: восхищаться, любить, любоваться, почитать, прославлять, склониться, славить, славословить, служить, чтить, поклоняться

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > adore

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    adore

    [ə`dɔː]

    обожать; поклоняться, почитать, преклоняться

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > adore

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    adore

    verb

    обожать; поклоняться

    Syn:

    revere

    * * *

    (v) обожать; поклоняться

    * * *

    обожать; поклоняться, почитать, преклоняться

    * * *

    [a·dore || ə’dɔː]
    обожать, поклоняться, преклоняться

    * * *

    обожать

    обожествлять

    поклонитесь

    * * *

    обожать

    Новый англо-русский словарь > adore

  • 12
    adore

    Англо-русский религиозный словарь > adore

  • 13
    adore

    Англо-русский словарь по психоаналитике > adore

  • 14
    adore

    English-Russian dictionary of technical terms > adore

  • 15
    adore

    обожать

    обожествлять

    поклонитесь

    English-Russian smart dictionary > adore

  • 16
    adore

    Dictionary English-Interslavic > adore

  • 17
    adore the rising sun

    заискивать перед новой властью, искать милости у человека, входящего в силу, приобретающего власть adorer le soleil levant]

    She had commented too often on the tendency of subjects to worship the rising sun not to guess that this was already going on. (Kenk) — Королева часто говорила, что ее подданные склонны заискивать перед восходящей звездой; она чувствовала, что это так и есть.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > adore the rising sun

  • 18
    adore (To worship or honor as a deity or as divine)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > adore (To worship or honor as a deity or as divine)

  • 19
    adore children

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > adore children

  • 20
    adore swimming

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > adore swimming

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transitive verb

1

: to worship or honor as a deity or as divine

2

: to regard with loving admiration and devotion

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for adore



a professor revered by her students

reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.



reverenced the academy’s code of honor

venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age.

worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.

adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment.

Example Sentences



He’s a good doctor. All his patients adore him.



They adored shopping in all the boutiques.

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English aouren, adouren, borrowed from Anglo-French aurer, ahourer, adourer (with d restored from Latin), going back to Latin adōrāre «to plead with, appeal to, approach (a god) as a suppliant or worshipper, treat with reverence, admire,» from ad- ad- + ōrāre «to pray to, beseech» — more at oration

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of adore was
in the 14th century

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