fall in love
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Verb
fall in love (third-person singular simple present falls in love, present participle falling in love, simple past fell in love, past participle fallen in love)
- (intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.
- I fell in love with him the moment I first saw him.
- Have you ever fallen in love?
- 1975, Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert (lyrics and music), “It Only Takes a Minute”, in In the City, performed by Tavares:
- It only takes a minute girl / To fall in love
- 2016 February 5, Wesley Schultz and Jeremy Fraites, “Ophelia”, in Cleopatra, performed by The Lumineers:
- Oh, Ophelia / You've been on my mind, girl, since the flood / Oh, Ophelia / Heaven help a fool who falls in love
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To come to have feelings of love towards each other.
- They met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily ever after.
- 2017, Ed Sheeran (lyrics and music), “Perfect”:
- 'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
Not knowing what it was
I will not give you up this time.
- (intransitive, of a person, inanimate object following "with") To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.
- I have just fallen in love with Rome!
Synonyms
- develop feelings
- enamour
Antonyms
Derived terms
- falling in love, falling-in-love (noun)
Translations
to come to have feelings of love
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to come to have feelings of love towards each other
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to come to have feelings of intense liking
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