ROMANCE

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• ROMANCE (noun)
  The noun ROMANCE has 5 senses:

1. a relationship between two lovers
2. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
3. the group of languages derived from Latin
4. a story dealing with love
5. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

  Familiarity information: ROMANCE used as a noun is common.

• ROMANCE (adjective)
  The adjective ROMANCE has 1 sense:

1. relating to languages derived from Latin

  Familiarity information: ROMANCE used as an adjective is very rare.

• ROMANCE (verb)
  The verb ROMANCE has 4 senses:

1. make amorous advances towards
2. have a love affair with
3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
4. tell romantic or exaggerated lies

  Familiarity information: ROMANCE used as a verb is uncommon.

• ROMANCE (noun)

Meaning:

A relationship between two lovers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

love affair; romance

Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):

relationship (a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "romance"):

intrigue (a clandestine love affair)

Meaning:

An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

romance; romanticism

Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "romance"):

stardust (a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality)

Meaning:

The group of languages derived from Latin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Latinian language; Romance language; Romance

Hypernyms ("Romance" is a kind of...):

Latin (any dialect of the language of ancient Rome)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Romance"):

Romanian; Rumanian (an eastern Romance language spoken in Romania)

Rhaeto-Romance; Rhaeto-Romanic (Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol)

Catalan (the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan))

Spanish (the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain)

Galician (a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect)

Portuguese (the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil)

French (the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France)

Italian (the Romance language spoken in Italy)

Haitian Creole (a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages)

Meaning:

A story dealing with love

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

love story; romance

Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):

story (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events)

Meaning:

A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):

novel (a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "romance"):

Gothic romance (a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events)

bodice ripper (a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated)

• ROMANCE (adjective)

Meaning:

Relating to languages derived from Latin

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Romance; Latin

Context example:

Romance languages

Pertainym:

Romance (the group of languages derived from Latin)

• ROMANCE (verb)

Meaning:

Make amorous advances towards

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

court; romance; solicit; woo

Context example:

John is courting Mary

Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "romance"):

chase; chase after (pursue someone sexually or romantically)

display (attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot romance Sue

Meaning:

Have a love affair with

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):

love (be enamored or in love with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot romance Sue

Meaning:

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

flirt; coquette; coquet; chat up; mash; philander; dally; butterfly; romance

Context examples:

The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries / My husband never flirts with other women

Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "romance"):

wanton (engage in amorous play)

vamp (act seductively with (someone))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Tell romantic or exaggerated lies

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

This author romanced his trip to an exotic country

Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):

lie (tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s