FluentPlex

romance

/ˈroʊˌmæn(t)s/ verb C2
  1. To woo; to court. (transitive)
  2. To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc. (intransitive)
  3. To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air. (intransitive)

He/she/it romances · Past romanced · Past participle romanced · -ing form romancing

+ Save to review

Verb forms

Base form
romance
He/she/it
romances
Past
romanced
Past participle
romanced
-ing form
romancing

From the library

For a few minutes Anne, drifting slowly down, enjoyed the romance of her situation to the full.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 223 · C1
Was there any romance, anything secret or mysterious, about the wedding?”
The Valley of Fear, p. 59 · C1
“There was romance.
The Valley of Fear, p. 59 · C1
There is always romance.
The Valley of Fear, p. 59 · C1

Other matches

Learn romance in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.