romance
verb/rəʊˈmæns/, /ˈrəʊmæns/
/ˈrəʊmæns/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they romance | /rəʊˈmæns/, /ˈrəʊmæns/ /ˈrəʊmæns/ |
| he / she / it romances | /rəʊˈmænsɪz/, /ˈrəʊmænsɪz/ /ˈrəʊmænsɪz/ |
| past simple romanced | /rəʊˈmænst/, /ˈrəʊmænst/ /ˈrəʊmænst/ |
| past participle romanced | /rəʊˈmænst/, /ˈrəʊmænst/ /ˈrəʊmænst/ |
| -ing form romancing | /rəʊˈmænsɪŋ/, /ˈrəʊmænsɪŋ/ /ˈrəʊmænsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to tell stories that are not true or to describe something in a way that makes it seem more exciting or interesting than it really is
- [transitive] romance somebody to have or to try to have a romantic relationship with somebody
Word OriginMiddle English: from Romance, originally denoting a composition in the vernacular as opposed to works in Latin. Early use denoted vernacular verse on the theme of chivalry; the sense ‘genre centred on romantic love’ dates from the mid 17th cent.
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