romance
IPA: roʊmˈæns
noun
- A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
- A tale of high adventure.
- An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
- A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
- Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
- A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
- A story or novel dealing with idealized love.
- An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
- An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
- A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
- (music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
- The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin.
verb
- (transitive) To woo; to court.
- (intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
- (intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
adjective
- Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.
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Examples of "romance" in Sentences
- They rekindle their romance after a year.
- Max does and the two rekindle their romance.
- The boy seems to be preoccupied with romance.
- They trust their intuition and yearn for romance.
- Among the first to appear was the genre of romance.
- The theme of desire is at the core of the romance novel.
- The architectural style is 'national romance eclecticism'.
- It combines elements of the supernatural and of the romance novel.
- The songs have themes of romance and sexual love, requited or unrequited.
- The novel ends with Theo contacting Michiko in the hopes of kindling a romance.