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Adjective romance has 1 sense
- Romance, Latin - relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"
Noun romance has 5 senses
- love affair, romance - a relationship between two lovers
--1 is a kind of relationship
--1 has particulars: intrigue
- romanticism, romance - an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
--2 is a kind of quality
--2 has particulars: stardust
- Romance, Romance language, Latinian language - the group of languages derived from Latin
--3 is a kind of Latin
--3 has particulars:
- love story, romance - a story dealing with love
--4 is a kind of story
- romance - a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
--5 is a kind of novel
--5 has particulars: Gothic romance; bodice ripper
Verb romance has 4 senses
- woo, court, romance, solicit - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
--1 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot romance Sue
- romance - have a love affair with
--2 is one way to love
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot romance Sue
- chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
--3 is one way to talk, speak
Sample sentences:
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- romance - tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
--4 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
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