love

«love» in Mova's school dictionary: To care very deeply about someone, like family or close… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (love, loves, loved, loving); noun (love — uncountable; a love, loves — someone or something loved)

meaning for a pupil

1) To care very deeply about someone, like family or close friends. tree →

2) To like something very much: «I love pizza». tree →

3) A noun: the strong warm feeling of caring for someone. tree →

4) A noun: a person or thing you love: «Music is her great love». tree →

5) In tennis: a score of zero. tree →

6) In the UK, «love» is a friendly way to speak to someone: «Thanks, love». tree →

sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons: love is shown by kindness, care, listening, sharing, keeping each other safe — not by being controlled or hurt. In stories love is a strong reason for what characters do. In everyday life: «Love from…» ends letters and cards. Phrases: fall in love, in love with, love from, with love, lots of love, I'd love to, love each other, love heart.

examples

• I love my family. tree →
• We love going to the beach. tree →
• Grandma sent a card with lots of love. tree →
• I'd love to come to your party. tree →
• The puppy needs food, care and love. tree →
• Love from Emma. tree →
• The score in tennis is fifteen–love. tree →
• Thanks, love, said the lady in the shop. tree →

note

Regular verb: loved, loving (drop the e). «Love doing» or «love to do» are both fine. «I'd love to» = a polite yes. In tennis «love» means 0 points. Love is not the same as «like»: love is stronger.

In the corpora

• Grown-ups sometimes cry "happy tears" when they feel strong happy feelings like love or pride.
• Grown-ups in love show affection with hugs and kisses, and it is normal for children to find it embarrassing.
• Feeling jealous of a new baby is very common, and parents still love the older child just as much.
• When an old person gets confused or calls you the wrong name, it is the illness, not a lack of love.
• Most grown-ups calm down quickly after shouting and feel bad about it; shouting does not mean they stop loving you.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «love» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.