Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with love in British Collocation
love
verb
transitive
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/lʌv/
deeply
dearly
deeply
greatly
passionately
really
truly
unconditionally
He loves his family deeply.
in a way that is easy to see
clearly
obviously
She clearly loved Sidney as more than a conventional friend.
secretly
secretly
Mary secretly loves Edward but he thinks of her as a friend.
in a way that is sincere
genuinely
Jim does genuinely love Karen, there’s no doubt about it.
I was in love with my best friend’s brother.
We were young and we were in love.
She had fallen in love with James the first time she met him.