Love

Definition: Love

Love

Noun

1. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love".

2. Any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting".

3. A beloved person; used as terms of endearment.

4. A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love".

5. A score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love".

6. Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life".

Verb

1. Have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him".

2. Get pleasure from; "I love cooking".

3. Be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply".

4. Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic); "Were you ever intimate with this man?".

Date "love" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Specialty Definition: Love

Domain	Definition
Satire	LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Computing	Love What many users feel for computers. "I don't really love computers, I just say that to get them into bed with me". (Terry Pratchet) [What did you expect in a computing dictionary?] (1995-05-10). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
19th Century Satire	A man's insane desire to become a woman's meal-ticket. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Bible	Love This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with "Simon, the son of Jonas," after his resurrection (John 21:16, 17). When our Lord says, "Lovest thou me?" he uses the Greek word _agapas_; and when Simon answers, he uses the Greek word _philo_, i.e., "I love." This is the usage in the first and second questions put by our Lord; but in the third our Lord uses Simon's word. The distinction between these two Greek words is thus fitly described by Trench:, "_Agapan_ has more of judgment and deliberate choice; _philein_ has more of attachment and peculiar personal affection. Thus the 'Lovest thou' (Gr. agapas) on the lips of the Lord seems to Peter at this moment too cold a word, as though his Lord were keeping him at a distance, or at least not inviting him to draw near, as in the passionate yearning of his heart he desired now to do. Therefore he puts by the word and substitutes his own stronger 'I love' (Gr. philo) in its room. A second time he does the same. And now he has conquered; for when the Lord demands a third time whether he loves him, he does it in the word which alone will satisfy Peter ('Lovest thou,' Gr. phileis), which alone claims from him that personal attachment and affection with which indeed he knows that his heart is full." In 1 Cor. 13 the apostle sets forth the excellency of love, as the word "charity" there is rendered in the Revised Version. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	To dream of loving any object, denotes satisfaction with your present environments. To dream that the love of others fills you with happy forebodings, successful affairs will give you contentment and freedom from the anxious cares of life. If you find that your love fails, or is not reciprocated, you will become despondent over some conflicting question arising in your mind as to whether it is best to change your mode of living or to marry and trust fortune for the future advancement of your state. For a husband or wife to dream that their companion is loving, foretells great happiness around the hearthstone, and bright children will contribute to the sunshine of the home. To dream of the love of parents, foretells uprightness in character and a continual progress toward fortune and elevation. The love of animals, indicates contentment with what you possess, though you may not think so. For a time, fortune will crown you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Love (God of). (Anglo-Saxon luf.) Camdeo, in Hindu mythology. Camadeva, in Persian mythology. Cupid, in Roman mythology. Eros, in Greek mythology. Freya, in Celtic mythology. Kama or Cama, in Indian mythology. (See Bowyer, etc., etc.) The family of love. Certain fanaties in the sixteenth century, holding tenets not unlike those of the Anabaptists. There is no love lost. Because the persons referred to have no love for each other. What does not exist cannot be lost. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Tips from 1870	Usage: Love, Like. We may love our parents, our children, our country, the truth; and we may like roast turkey and cranberry sauce. "I love cherries," "I adore strawberries," are school-girl expressions that should be avoided. Love is an emotion of the heart, and not of the palate. Source: Slips of Speech.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LOVE	English	Lunar Orbiter Vehicle Expedition	Geography
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Approbation	Noun: approbation; approval, approvement; sanction, advocacy; nod of approbation; esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration; love; appreciation, regard, account, popularity, gr/kudos/gr, credit; repute; best seller.
Benevolence	Good nature, good feeling, good wishes; kindness, kindliness; Adjective: loving-kindness, benignity, brotherly love, charity, humanity, fellow-feeling, sympathy: goodness of heart, warmth of heart; bonhomie; kind-heartedness; amiability, milk of human kindness, tenderness; love; friendship.
Courtesy	Compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial;salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams.
Desire	Mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity; willingness; liking, love, fondness, relish.
Friendship	Verb: be friendly; Adjective:, be friends; be acquainted with; Adjective: know; have the ear of; keep company with;(sociality); hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will; (benevolent); love; make much of; befriend; (aid); introduce to. set one's horses together; have the latchstring out; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly; Adjective: make friends; with; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of.
Love	Lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret, beau, sweetheart, inamorato, swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso, cavaliere servente, captive, cicisbeo; caro sposo.
Pleasure	Be pleased; with; receive pleasure, derive pleasure; n. from; take pleasure; n. in; delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in; gloat over; (physical pleasure); enjoy, relish, like; love; take to, take a fancy to; have a liking for; enter into the spirit of.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's the same with love I guess (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) She thinks she's in love. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Have I ever told you I love you (Indecent Proposal; writing credit: Amy Holden Jones) I love candy (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Who will take care of me my love, my dark angel, when you are gone (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)
Lyrics	The things we do for love, the things we do for love (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC) Uh, California Love (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC) I've had a few little love affairs (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba) All I'm saying, it takes a lot to love you (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC) I once thopught of love as a prison a place I didn't want to be. (Love in the First Degree; performing artist: Alabama; writing credit: Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois)
Clever	Sex without love is an empty gesture. But as empty gestures go, it is one of the best. (references; author: Woody Allen) A life without love, a year without summer. (references; author: Swedish Proverb) Love sees no color. (references; author: unknown) Love makes a house a home. (references; author: unknown) Honk if you love peace and quiet. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Down with Love (2003) Unconditional Love (2003) Addicted to Love (1997) I Love You (2003) Love Story (2001)
Song Titles	Will His Love Be Like His Rum (performing artist: Harry Belafonte) All For Love (performing artist: Rod Stewart, & Sting Bryan Adams) Hi Hi, I Love Ya (performing artist: Tom Chapin) Another Kind of Love (performing artist: Hugh Cornwell) Chapel Of Love (performing artist: The Dixie Cups)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald (reference) Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz: The Tragic Love Story of Queen Victoria's Eldest Daughter and the German Emperor (reference) Love Awaits, Dearest Brothers, Much Peace, Your Sisters: African American Women Talk About Sex, Love, and Life (reference) The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story (reference) Drifting Sands: A Memoir of Two Peoples Quest to Find Love (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	For The Love Of Life (reference) Love And Logic Journal (reference) True Love (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Poetic Awareness: Esthetics and Love in Everyday Life (reference) Love Inn Exile (reference) Feeding With Love and Good Sense (reference) Love and Rockets: The Haunted Fish Tank (reference) In Love With These Times: A Flying Nun Compilation (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	20 Great Love Songs (reference) A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) (reference) Let Love Abide (reference) Abnormal Love (reference) What IS So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding? (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	I Love Phonics (reference) I Love Science (reference) I Love Spelling (reference) Fetco International Love Beveled Edge Frame 4 X 6 Aluminum (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Laura Glass Handcrafted Love Bird Flutes, Set of 2 (reference) William Bounds Love Mill TW Dual Mill Set, Walnut (reference) My Daddy's Love 8" x 10" Photo Frame (reference) Photo Frame 4" x 6" - I Love My Daddy (reference) Twice the Love 6x4 - Family Sentiments (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A trip to the royal barber - all Pollywogs must profess a love of Shellbacks A 1985 crossing of the line on the MALCOLM BALDRIGE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Lieutenant Gene Richards, C&GS, and Bill Love. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Bill Love and Ensign Harley Nygren At Leffingwell survey monument. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Fishing - a family affair. Starting a lifelong love affair with fishing at a tender age. Fishing from the seawall at Manasquan Inlet. Credit: Fisheries.
	A love affair with the sea - surf fishing at Rodanthe. Credit: Fisheries.		A baby booby - only its mother would love that face. Credit: Small World.
	Yes, Americans do love their spuds! We each eat about 125 pounds of them a year, about half from fresh potatoes and half in processed foods. Research has brought forth a slew of new, improved potato varieties for both uses. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		Acrylic painting of a pair of black-bellied whistling ducks by Jim Hautman, 2015 Xanthus Lane, Plymouth, Minnesota 55447. At age 25, he is the youngest wildlife artist ever to win the Duck Stamp Contest. This was the fifth time he entered. Jim placed third in the 1987 contest with a pair of bufflehead ducks. As a full-time wildlife artist, he exhibits regularly at the Michigan Wildlife Habitat Foundation's wildlife art show, as well as local exhibitions. He is a native Minnesotan and an avid outdoorsman and hunter. Painting since childhood, he decided to combine his love of the outdoors with his artistic ability. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.
	See how these rustics liquor love to quaff:... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Love Carefully AIDS Infection May Come From A Single Sexual Contact! Preserve Your Heritage Know Your Partner!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.


"We love sushi" by Vincent Chow Commentary: "Anyone hungry now?."	"Blue love" by Henrik Tibbing Commentary: "Love cannot be described."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Play	Caption
	Smooch; smack; pucker; kisser; kiss; love; loving; affection; affectionate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Author Unknown	Love is ultimate concern.
Benjamin Franklin	Love well, whip well.
George De Benneville	Honor the ocean of love.
John Dryden	Love is love's reward.
Ovid	Skill makes love unending.
Plato	Even the gods love jokes.
St. Augustine	I was in love with loving.
Virgil	Years grow cold to love.
William Shakespeare	Love all, but trust a few.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	The inconveniences of that condition, and the love and want of society, no sooner brought any number of them together, but they presently united and incorporated, if they designed to continue together. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto	1848	In political practice, therefore, they join in all coercive measures against the working class; and in ordinary life, despite their high falutin phrases, they stoop to pick up the golden apples dropped from the tree of industry, and to barter truth, love, and honour for traffic in wool, beetroot-sugar, and potato spirits. (reference)
John F. Kennedy	1961	With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Harriet was one of those, who, having once begun, would be always in love.
Contact	Carl Sagan	She came to admire him so much that his love for her affected her own self-esteem: She liked herself better because of him.
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	If there is love.
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	In everything that made my love of any worth or value in your sight
Life, the Universe and Everything	Douglas Adams	We would love to stay and help, shouted Ford, picking his way over the mangled debris, "only we're not going to."
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	It is not love, but instinct
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	She took a lover, the first comer, a man whom she did not love, through bravado, and with rage in her heart
Cymon and Iphigenia	John Dryden	Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He is there in the tabernacle burning with love for mankind, ready to comfort the afflicted
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	So prosper I, as I swear perfect love! RIVERS
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The important thing is to let them know that you love them no matter how they look. Children and adults with ALPS need to be reminded that they have many positive characteristics. (references)
		It is ingrained in humans to love light and, indeed, since mankind's first wanderings from the caves, worship of the sun has been a fundamental tenet that many societies hold even to the present. (references)
		These strategies are only a few that specialists have developed to help children with Fragile X. Parents and other individuals working with these children should make use of their assets, such as their positive outlook on life and love of other people. (references)
Business		Greeks love the idea of owning their own business. (references)
		The love affair that most British homeowners have with their gardens ensures that gardening and outdoor leisure pursuits remain, and will continue to remain, one of Britain's most popular activities. (references)
		Know-how and experience is required in many phases such as in the layout of club houses, interior/exterior design, location of restaurant and repair shop (pleasure boaters love to see their boats go through the touch-up process while enjoying a good meal), and landscaping. (references)
Civil Liberties	Belarus	On February 16, police arrested Pavel Severinets, the leader of the youth group "Youth Front," (YF) in connection with his organization of a February 14 St. Valentine's Day Love Rally. (references)
	Kazakhstan	The congregation did not have the required 10 adult members to register; however, the national Jehovah's Witness organization was registered and the congregation in Kyzl-Orda was registered on July 2. A Kyzl-Orda Oblast court upheld the suspension of April 9. In May a local prosecutor in Kulsary ordered the Iman (Love) Baptist church to suspend its activities until it registered; church representatives say the group lacks the minimum 10 adult members willing and eligible to sponsor the registration application. (references)
	Turkey	In October Kurdish writer Mehmet Uzun's book "Creating a Language" was confiscated by the Istanbul SSC on the grounds that it "incited hatred and enmity." In April a court acquitted Uzun of charges of "assisting illegal organizations" (the PKK) for his book "Brightness Like Love, Darkness Like Death." A group of human rights activists, actors, journalists, and academicians have mounted a series of challenges to existing legal restrictions on expression by republishing banned articles and signing their names as the "publishers." In September a military court acquitted 16 members of this group of charges that they "turned persons away from military service", but at year's end they still faced charges at the Istanbul SSC. In October another group of 65 activists published a new "Freedom of Thought" booklet and began their trial at the Istanbul SSC on charges of supporting illegal organizations and spreading separatism. (references)
Economic History	Brazil	Other countries, however, have also seen the commercial opportunities presented by the Brazilian's love of travel, and have massively promoted their own tourist destinations in Brazil. (references)
	Japan	With the Japanese audience's love of American films, videos and other entertainment programs, American television programs should have excellent prospects in the emerging Japanese TV broadcasting program market. (references)
	China	U.S. business' romance with China lay dormant for thirty years after WWII, but the love affair was rekindled in the late 1970's when China adopted a policy of "reform and opening up." Since the initiation of that policy, China's economy has grown at an average annual rate of nearly 9% , and the number of foreign firms doing business in or with China has grown exponentially. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes; males, females and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	60.03%	12,080	766
Lexical Verb (base form)	20.22%	4,070	2,417
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	16.57%	3,335	2,868
Noun (proper)	3.16%	636	10,230
Total	100.00%	20,125	N/A

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Love	First name Female	1,000	4,133
Love	Last name	35,000	311
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "love".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Delphia	N/A	N/A	Love of a brother
Dodavah	N/A	Biblical	Love
Eldad	N/A	Biblical	Love of God
Hobah	N/A	Biblical	Love
Medad	N/A	Biblical	Water of love
Philadelphia	N/A	Biblical	Love of a brother
Love	Female	English	Love
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Art Linkletter	Nope. I love the lecture platform. I love the question and answers. It's there. You're walking on a rope again.
Dennis Miller	We love the convenience of fast food.
Elizabeth Taylor	If I fell in love again, I would love to live with someone and grow old with someone. I'm not sure a marriage certificate is really necessary.
Erin Runnion	Overwhelming. Overwhelming. The outpour from everyone, the love that people are showing us has just been incredible.
Joan Rivers	Two men I have love working with were Don Rickles and David Brenner. They make you laugh and they are gentlemen.
Naomi Campbell	None of them and I maintain a friendship because I never speak publicly about them. I just love that they trust me and I love their loyalty.
Rosemary Clooney	In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble, they are only made of clay/ but our love is here to stay/ our love is here to stay.
Rush Limbaugh	Osama would love that!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Love is the peculiar oestrum of the poet.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Our fellow citizens, too, who in proportion to their love of liberty keep a steady eye upon the means of sustaining it, do not require to be reminded of the duty they owe to themselves to remedy all essential defects in so vital a part of their system.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	Unless the desire for peace be cherished there, unless this fundamental and only natural source of brotherly love be cultivated to its highest degree, all artificial efforts will be in vain.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Johnson and I traveled, we found faith and hope and love toward this land of America and toward our people.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Let us begin in unity, with justice, and love.
George Bush	1989-1993	There are young women to be helped who are about to become mothers of children they can't care for and might not love.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	In particular, I challenge fathers to love and care for their children.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "love": A labor of love ♦ a love of music ♦ a person in love ♦ abode of love ♦ african love grass ♦ Apple of love ♦ ardent love ♦ ardently in love ♦ be desperately in love ♦ be head over ears in love ♦ be in love ♦ be madly in love ♦ be madly in love with smb. ♦ be out of love ♦ be over head and ears in love with ♦ bear love ♦ being in love ♦ blind love ♦ boys love ♦ Boy's love ♦ brotherly love ♦ burn with love ♦ by love of god! ♦ calf love ♦ cause love ♦ cease to love ♦ charm love ♦ city of Brotherly Love ♦ co free love ♦ come back return to one's first love ♦ country love ♦ courtly love ♦ craving for love ♦ crossed in love ♦ cupboard love ♦ declaration of love ♦ declare one's love ♦ desperately in love ♦ endless love ♦ eternal love ♦ eyes alight with love ♦ fall in love ♦ fall in love with ♦ fall in love with smb. ♦ fall madly in love ♦ fall out of love ♦ falling in love ♦ first love ♦ flame of love ♦ for love ♦ for love or money ♦ for the love ♦ for the love of god! ♦ for the love of mike! ♦ free love ♦ full of love ♦ give him my love ♦ give my love to jane ♦ give my love to your brother ♦ head over ears in love ♦ head over heels in love ♦ Healing Love ♦ i love you ♦ i love you very much ♦ i'd love to go with you ♦ in love ♦ in love with ♦ indulgence in love ♦ labor of love ♦ labour of love ♦ lad's love ♦ lady love ♦ Lesbian love ♦ long drawn out love song ♦ love affair ♦ love all ♦ love and hate ♦ love apple ♦ love at first sight ♦ Love bird ♦ love bite ♦ Love broker ♦ Love charm ♦ love child ♦ Love County ♦ love crime ♦ Love day ♦ Love drink ♦ Love favor ♦ love favour ♦ love feast ♦ Love feat ♦ love for one's parents ♦ love for sale ♦ love for smb. ♦ Love game ♦ love god ♦ love grass ♦ love handles ♦ love intrigue ♦ Love juice. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "love": love-act, love-affair, love-affairs, love-all, love-apple, love-birds, love-bite, love-bites, love-blimps, love-call, love-carriage, love-cheat, love-child, love-children, love-crossed, love-dazed, love-drenched, Love-drury, love-duet, love-dungeon, love-feasts, love-fest, love-filled, love-games, love-gift, love-god, love-handle, love-handles, love-hate, love-hate relationship, love-hostility, love-hotels, love-hungry, love-i, love-in, love-in-a-mist, love-in-a-mists, love-inducing, love-in-idleness, love-ins, Love-in-the-mist, Love-intrigues, love-in-winter, love-is-on-the-air, love-it-or-loathe-it, love-juice, love-knot, love-lee, love-letter, love-letters, love-lies-bleeding, love-life, love-light, love-lives, love-lock, love-locked, love-lorn, Love-machine, Love-making, love-makings, love-marriage, love-mask, love-match, love-me, love-missive, love-nest, love-notes, love-object, love-objects, love-one, love-or-hate, love-philter, love-philtre, love-play, love-poem, love-poems, love-poetry, love-potion, love-potions, Love-powered, love-relationship, love-rhyme, love-rock, love-ruined, love-scene, love-scenes, love-seat, love-shriek, Love-sick, Love-sickness, love-situations, love-song, love-songs, love-sonnet, love-split, love-starved, love-stories, love-story, love-stricken, love-struck, love-suicide, love-swollen, love-talk, love-tapes, love-that-lies-bleeding, Love-them-and-leave-them, love-theme, love-token, love-torn, love-tragedy, love-trauma, love-triangle, love-tricks, love-tug, love-voice, love-wounded.
	Ending with "love": ex-love, in-love, lady-love, mother-love.
	Containing "love": I-love-her, Jay-in-love-with-lucy, lf-you-really-loved-me-you'd-love-my-failure-too, should-she-love-him, tribal-love-rock.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
love	38,729	lock of love	1,976
love poem	26,241	love spells	1,883
love quote	13,002	love lyrics where	1,735
money love	10,399	courtney love	1,683
jennifer love hewitt	8,747	crazy in love lyrics	1,551
crazy in love	7,991	true love	1,496
love horoscope	7,796	love story	1,454
love poetry	6,392	love and romance	1,445
love song	5,267	i love lucy	1,384
where is love	4,174	love at aol	1,346
love letter	3,775	jennifer love hewitt nude	1,135
love test	3,570	love song lyrics	1,129
love quiz	3,269	love o meter	1,056
love calculator	3,115	teen love poem	1,055
i love you	3,014	gift of love	1,005
making love	2,805	love lyrics	946
love hina	2,662	beyonce crazy in love	895
love card	2,511	down with love	874
boy love	2,087	black eyed love lyrics pea where	854
love relationship	2,001	love game	852
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "love"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		mal wees oor (be fond of), liefde (affection). (various references)

Albanian		dua (aim, appreciate, be fond of, be keen on, be willing to, care, care for, choose, do with, fancy, intend, like, please, seek, take a fancy to, want, wish), dashuri (affection, attachment, fondness, love affair). (various references)

Arabic		‏هوى (aerate, air, fan, fantasy, freak, inclination, passion, phantasy, sentiment, vagary, whim), ‏الحب (the passion), ‏المحبوب (dear, doll, duck, idol, poppet, true love), ‏عشق (connect, dovetail, engage, fall for, fall in love, fall in love with, falling in love, lose one's heart, passion), ‏حب (attach, cereal, like, liking, lose one's heart, passion, pip, seed), ‏حنان (care, kindness, pity, tenderness, warm-heartedness), ‏شغف ب (dote), ‏ولع ب (affect, be fond of, fancy, hack, hound, take a fancy to, take to), مَحَبّة (affection), ‏محبة, ‏محبوبة (girl), ‏مودة (attachment, bonhomie, cordiality, endearment, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, nearness), ‏فتن (bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, enthral, enthrall, enthralling, entrance, fascinate, glamor, glamour, infatuate, magnetize, mesmerize, ravish, rejoice, seduce, smite, spellbind, tempt, thrill, witch), هوي (desire), مودة (fashion, friendship), ‏ولع (attach, fondness, liking, partiality, passion, penchant, predilection). (various references)

Asturian		amar (

Love

Definition: Love

Love

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Specialty Definition: Courtney Love

Love

Quotes about love

See also:

Human love

Other types of love (philias)

Love (band)

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Historic Usage: Love

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Communist Manifesto

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Emma

Austen, Jane

Contact

Carl Sagan

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Cymon and Iphigenia

John Dryden

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

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