ADORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adore mean? • ADORE (verb)
The verb ADORE has 1 sense:
1. love intensely
Familiarity information: ADORE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADORE (verb)
Meaning:
Love intensely
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
he just adored his wife
Hypernyms (to "adore" is one way to...):
love (have a great affection or liking for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adore"):
fetishize (make a fetish of)
hero-worship; idolise; idolize; revere; worship (love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s INFINITIVE
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot adore Sue
Sam and Sue adore the movie
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