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LOVED ONE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who you love, usually a member of your family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("loved one" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Context examples:
The conjugal affection of her father and mother constituted her ideal of love-affinity, and she looked forward some day to emerging, without shock or friction, into that same quiet sweetness of existence with a loved one.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)