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love affair

  1. an amorous or romantic relationship or episode between two people not married to each other
  2. an intense or eager interest in something

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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love affair Usage Examples

Possessives

  • public: If BSkyB decides that the public's love affair with professional football is cooling down then the results would bring down the whole structure.

Preposition: with

  • food: Product description: Organic Masala Chai Mix In Britain, we have a love affair with Indian food and travel to India.

Adjective modifier

  • passionate: Observing the passionate love affair between light and atmosphere became the motive and the subject or this collection of works.

Converse of object

  • have: In his travels for his father's business, Watkins had an on-going love affair with the Herefordshire countryside.
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