爱 — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
爱 is used for these senses in English:
- adore To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
- affection The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
- love (uncountable) Strong affection.
- love (countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
- love (usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
- love (transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.