1 a strong feeling of affection:babies fill parents with intense feelings of love their love for their country
a strong feeling of affection and sexual attraction for someone: they were both in love with her we were slowly falling in love
affectionate greetings conveyed to someone on one's behalf: give her my love
a formula for ending an affectionate letter:take care, lots of love, Judy
2 a great interest and pleasure in something:his love for football we share a love of music
3 [count noun] a person or thing that one loves:she was the love of his life their two great loves are tobacco and whisky
British informal a friendly form of address:it's all right, love
(a love) informal used in affectionate requests:don‘t fret, there’s a love
4 (in tennis, squash, and some other sports) a score of zero; nil:love fifteen[apparently from the phrase play for love (i.e. the love of the game, not for money); folk etymology has connected the word with French l'oeuf 'egg', from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero]
I find the fact that love can mean everything to one person, but to a sportsperson, it can mean nothing fascinating. I am going to investigate this idea further as well as looking at the commercialism of love in the form of Valentine's Day.
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