romantic
part of speech
adjective (romantic, more romantic); noun (a romantic, romantics)
meaning for a pupil
1) About love between people: a romantic film, a romantic dinner. tree →
2) Beautiful and dreamy in a way that stirs the feelings: a romantic old castle. tree →
3) Having ideas that are lovely but not realistic. tree →
4) (noun) A person who dreams of love or adventure. tree →
5) (art, history) Romantic with a capital R: about the Romantic movement in art and poetry. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and stories, a romantic film or gift. In art and literature lessons, Romantic poets loved nature. Phrases: hopeless romantic, romantic comedy.
examples
- Mum and Dad had a romantic dinner. tree →
- The castle on the hill looked romantic in the mist. tree →
- It's a romantic film, so my brother won't watch it. tree →
- Dad is a hopeless romantic. tree →
- Thinking you'll be rich without working is a romantic idea. tree →
- The Romantic poets wrote about lakes and mountains. tree →
- "That is quite a romantic story," said the young man. tree →
note
Adverb: romantically; noun: romance. «Rom-com» is short for romantic comedy.
In the corpora
- Grown-ups call very sweet romantic film scenes "soppy", and children are allowed to look away or roll their eyes.
- "A couple" means two people in a romantic relationship.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «romantic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.