ALL meanings of romance
ro·mance
R r - noun romance love affair 1
- noun romance novel: love story 1
- noun romance love 1
- noun romance mysterious, exciting quality 1
- transitive verb romance be romantic with sb 1
- noun romance Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character. 1
- noun romance Spanish Literature. a short epic poem, especially a historical ballad. 1
- verb without object romance to invent or relate romances; indulge in fanciful or extravagant stories or daydreams. 1
- verb without object romance to think or talk romantically. 1
- verb with object romance Informal. to court or woo romantically; treat with ardor or chivalrousness: He's currently romancing a very attractive widow. to court the favor of or make overtures to; play up to: They need to romance the local business community if they expect to do business here. 1
- adjective romance (initial capital letter). Also, Romanic. of, relating to, or noting Romance: a Romance language. 1
- countable noun romance A romance is a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but who are not married to each other. 0
- uncountable noun romance Romance refers to the actions and feelings of people who are in love, especially behaviour which is very caring or affectionate. 0
- uncountable noun romance You can refer to the pleasure and excitement of doing something new or exciting as romance. 0
- countable noun romance A romance is a novel or film about a love affair. 0
- uncountable noun romance Romance is used to refer to novels about love affairs. 0
- variable noun romance A medieval romance is a story about adventures such as battles and long journeys. 0
- verb romance When a man romances a woman, he has a love affair with her. 0
- adjective romance Romance languages are languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian, which come from Latin. 0
- noun romance a love affair, esp an intense and happy but short-lived affair 0
- noun romance love, esp romantic love idealized for its purity or beauty 0
- noun romance a spirit of or inclination for adventure, excitement, or mystery 0
- noun romance a mysterious, exciting, sentimental, or nostalgic quality, esp one associated with a place 0
- noun romance a narrative in verse or prose, written in a vernacular language in the Middle Ages, dealing with strange and exciting adventures of chivalrous heroes 0
- noun romance any similar narrative work dealing with events and characters remote from ordinary life 0
- noun romance the literary genre represented by works of these kinds 0
- noun romance (in Spanish literature) a short narrative poem, usually an epic or historical ballad 0
- noun romance a story, novel, film, etc, dealing with love, usually in an idealized or sentimental way 0
- noun romance an extravagant, absurd, or fantastic account or explanation 0
- noun romance a lyrical song or short instrumental composition having a simple melody 0
- verb romance to tell, invent, or write extravagant or romantic fictions 0
- verb romance to tell extravagant or improbable lies 0
- verb romance to have romantic thoughts 0
- verb romance (of a couple) to indulge in romantic behaviour 0
- verb romance to be romantically involved with 0
- adjective romance denoting, relating to, or belonging to the languages derived from Latin, including Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Romanian 0
- adjective romance denoting a word borrowed from a Romance language 0
- noun romance this group of languages; the living languages that belong to the Italic branch of the Indo-European family 0
- adjective romance designating, of, or constituting any of the languages derived from Vulgar Latin, as Italian, Spanish, French, or Romanian 0
- noun romance these languages as a group 0
- noun romance a long medieval narrative in verse or prose, orig. written in one of the Romance dialects, about the adventures of knights and other chivalric heroes 0
- noun romance a fictitious tale of wonderful and extraordinary events, characterized by a nonrealistic and idealizing use of the imagination 0
- noun romance a type of novel in which the emphasis is on love, adventure, etc. 0
- noun romance the type of literature comprising such stories 0
- noun romance excitement, love, and adventure of the kind found in such literature; romantic quality or spirit 0
- noun romance the tendency to derive great pleasure from romantic adventures; romantic sentiment 0
- noun romance an exaggeration or fabrication that has no real substance 0
- noun romance a love affair 0
- noun romance a short, lyrical, usually sentimental piece, suggesting a love song 0
- intransitive verb romance to make up false or exaggerated stories 0