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English adjective: Romance | |||
| 1. | Romance relating to languages derived from Latin | ||
| Samples | Romance languages. | ||
| Synonyms | Latin | ||
English noun: romance | |||
| 1. | romance (state) a relationship between two lovers | ||
| Synonyms | love affair | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relationship | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | intrigue | ||
| 2. | romance (attribute) an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) | ||
| Synonyms | romanticism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stardust | ||
| 3. | Romance (communication) the group of languages derived from Latin | ||
| Synonyms | Latinian language, Romance language | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Latin | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Catalan, French, Galician, Haitian Creole, Italian, Portuguese, Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romanian, Rumanian, Spanish | ||
| 4. | romance (communication) a story dealing with love | ||
| Synonyms | love story | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | story | ||
| 5. | romance (communication) a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | novel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bodice ripper, Gothic romance | ||
English verb: romance | |||
| 1. | romance (social) make amorous advances towards | ||
| Samples | John is courting Mary. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot romance Sue | ||
| Synonyms | court, solicit, woo | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chase, chase after, display | ||
| 2. | romance (emotion) have a love affair with | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot romance Sue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | love | ||
| 3. | romance (communication) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | ||
| Samples | The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries. My husband never flirts with other women. | ||
| Synonyms | butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | speak, talk | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | vamp, wanton | ||
| 4. | romance (communication) tell romantic or exaggerated lies | ||
| Samples | This author romanced his trip to an exotic country. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lie | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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