loved

English

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Verb

loved

1. simple past tense and past participle of love

Adjective

loved (comparative more loved, superlative most loved)

1. Being the object of love.
   • 1997, Charlie W. Shedd, How to Make People Really Feel Loved: And Other Life-Giving Observations, Vine Books, ISBN 1569550131.
   • 1999, Valerie Grove, Laurie Lee: The Well-Loved Stranger, Penguin Books (2001), ISBN 0140276882.

Translations

Being the object of love

• Finnish: rakastettu (fi)
• French: aimé (fr), adoré (fr)
• Hebrew: אהוב (he) (ahúv)

• Romanian: iubit (ro), drag (ro), scump (ro)
• Russian: любимый (ru) (ljubímyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: voljen (sh)

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