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{ "term": "love", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a very strong feeling of liking and caring for somebody/something, especially a member of your family or a friend", "sensetop": "love for somebody/somethinglove of somebody/something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She has earned the love and respect of many people." }, { "text": "a mother’s **unconditional love** for her children", "contextForm": "love for somebody/something" }, { "text": "love of your country", "contextForm": "love of somebody/something" }, { "text": "From John, she received the love she had never received from her father." }, { "text": "He seems incapable of love." }, { "text": "They lavish love on Selah, their cat." } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships", "Feelings"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["all-consuming", "burning", "deep"], "verb + love": ["feel", "have", "experience"], "love + verb": ["bloom", "blossom", "grow"], "love + noun": ["affair", "triangle", "life"], "preposition": ["for love", "out of love", "in love"], "phrases": ["an act of love", "deeply in love", "madly in love"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a strong feeling of romantic attraction for somebody", "sensetop": "in lovein love with somebodylove for somebody", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'm sure you will find **true love**." }, { "text": "We're in love!", "contextForm": "in love" }, { "text": "They're **madly in love**." }, { "text": "She has been in and out of love many times." }, { "text": "She was in love with him.", "contextForm": "in love with somebody" }, { "text": "They **fell in love** with each other." }, { "text": "There wasn't anyone else in his life; he simply **fell out of love** with her." }, { "text": "They finally expressed their love for each other.", "contextForm": "love for somebody" }, { "text": "It was **love at first sight** *(= they were attracted to each other the first time they met)*." }, { "text": "It is a story of **unrequited love** *(= love that is not returned)*." }, { "text": "romantic/undying/passionate love" }, { "text": "a **love song/story**" }, { "text": "At last he had found true love." }, { "text": "Does she doubt my love for her?" }, { "text": "He did not know how to express his love for her." }, { "text": "She felt no love for him." }, { "text": "He didn't return her love." }, { "text": "I did it for love!" }, { "text": "In his music dramas, love conquers all." }, { "text": "Love blossomed between the two of them." }, { "text": "They publicly declared their love for each other." }, { "text": "You have my undying love." }, { "text": "Their love grew with the years." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["all-consuming", "burning", "deep"], "verb + love": ["feel", "have", "experience"], "love + verb": ["bloom", "blossom", "grow"], "love + noun": ["affair", "triangle", "life"], "preposition": ["for love", "out of love", "in love"], "phrases": ["an act of love", "deeply in love", "madly in love"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the strong feeling of pleasure that something gives you", "sensetop": "love of somethinglove for somethingin love with something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They shared a love of learning.", "contextForm": "love of something" }, { "text": "her love for her garden", "contextForm": "love for something" }, { "text": "He's in love with his work.", "contextForm": "in love with something" }, { "text": "I **fell in love **with the house." }, { "text": "She developed a lifelong love of music." }, { "text": "He had a great love of life." }, { "text": "She had an abiding love of the English countryside." }, { "text": "His wealth enabled him to indulge his love of fast cars." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["all-consuming", "burning", "deep"], "verb + love": ["feel", "have", "experience"], "love + verb": ["bloom", "blossom", "grow"], "love + noun": ["affair", "triangle", "life"], "preposition": ["for love", "out of love", "in love"], "phrases": ["an act of love", "deeply in love", "madly in love"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Take care, my love." }, { "text": "He was **the love of my life** *(= the person I loved most)*." }, { "text": "I like most sports but tennis is my **first love**." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["all-consuming", "burning", "deep"], "verb + love": ["feel", "have", "experience"], "love + verb": ["bloom", "blossom", "grow"], "love + noun": ["affair", "triangle", "life"], "preposition": ["for love", "out of love", "in love"], "phrases": ["an act of love", "deeply in love", "madly in love"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a word used as a friendly way of addressing somebody", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Can I help you, love?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a score of zero (points or games)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "40–love!" }, { "text": "She won the first set six-love/six games to love." } ], "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "love that somebody, especially a child, shows towards somebody else in order to get something", "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "without receiving payment or any other reward", "examples": [ { "text": "They're all volunteers, working for the love of it." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "For the love of God, tell me what he said!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to send good wishes to somebody", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Give my love to Mary when you see her." }, { "text": "Bob sends his love." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "loving somebody very much", "examples": [ { "text": "He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary", "examples": [ { "text": "Writing the book was a labour of love." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used at the end of a letter to a friend or to somebody you love, followed by your name", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Lots of love, Jenny" }, { "text": "See you soon. Love, Steve." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "when you love somebody, you cannot see their faults", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have sex", "examples": [ { "text": "It was the first time they had made love." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if you say you cannot do something for love nor money, you mean it is completely impossible to do it", "examples": [ { "text": "We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "they do not like each other", "examples": [ { "text": "There's no love lost between her and her in-laws." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/lʌv/", "audio": "lo/love/love__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/lʌv/", "audio": "lo/love/love__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires’, Latin libet ‘it is pleasing’, libido ‘desire’, also by the noun leave and lief." }