Noun

Singular love

Plural countable and uncountable; plural loves

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. (countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart

   I met my love by the gasworks wall.

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

   Hello, love, how can I help you?

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my wife"). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

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• The Encyclopedia Galactica, in its chapter on Love states that it is far too complicated to define. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of love: Avoid, if at all possible."
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), film based on the novel by Douglas Adams.

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