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Romance

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciations'Romance': /rəˈmæns/; 'romance': /ˈrəʊmæns/, /rəʊˈmæns/, /rəˈmæns/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/n., adj. roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊmæns; v. roʊˈmæns/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'Romance': (rō mans, rōmans); 'romance': (n., adj. rō mans, rōmans; v. rō mans)


Inflections of 'romance' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
romances
v 3rd person singular
romancing
v pres p
romanced
v past
romanced
v past p

Collocations for "Romance"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "Romance" in context.

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romance

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [passionate, whirlwind, summer, fleeting] romance
  2. turned out to be a [bad, summer] romance
  3. a [need, desire, thirst, hunger] for romance
  4. not [an ounce, a bit] of romance in him!
  5. a little romance wouldn't [hurt, kill] you
  6. there's no romance in their [relationship, marriage]
  7. the [relationship] has lost all romance
  8. their romance is [blooming, blossoming]
  9. has spent [years, decades] in search of romance
  10. looking for a bit of romance
  11. romance and [love, understanding, passion, honesty] are key (to)
  12. a romance set in [London]
  13. a (new) romance [featuring, starring, directed by]
  14. the movie is a romance and [comedy, thriller]
  15. is a [master, writer] of romance
v
  1. romancing [her, his secretary, the neighbor, a widow]
  2. romance your [wife, girlfriend]
  3. being romanced by [another company, a bigger team]
  4. romance [a player, the community, local business, foreign investors]
n as adj
  1. a [best-selling, successful] romance writer
  2. romance [novels, books, movies]
'Romance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "Romance" in the title:

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a phenomenon on the perils of romance - English Only forum
across the leaves of many a romance - English Only forum
Age gap romance - English Only forum
Ali wants <to have / to do> a romance with Mahira. - English Only forum
all the romance of a train station whore - English Only forum
And it begun between them not really a romance - English Only forum
answer to somebody (affection, romance) - English Only forum
as well as romance as a form of seduction - English Only forum
Bad romance? - English Only forum
child of some romance of sugar - English Only forum
combine the elements of the <romance> of success - English Only forum
dead romance - English Only forum
Do romance/ romance - English Only forum
"duck" (in a Regency romance novel) - English Only forum
for what it was the game played out as romance - English Only forum
gloat over having figured in a romance - English Only forum
Globe-hopping romance - English Only forum
"Harlequin romance novels" and "for dudes" - English Only forum
how we can survive this romance - English Only forum
I don't <do romance> - English Only forum
love VS Romance - English Only forum
Make romance - English Only forum
modem romance - English Only forum
moonlight of romance - English Only forum
my previous history would [make] a delightful romance - English Only forum
photo romance - English Only forum
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