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adore
What does adore mean?
adore (verb): to love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce adore?
/əˈdɔɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does adore come from?
From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (“to pray to”), from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“to speak”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to adore
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “adore” mean?
to love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection
Right! That's what “adore” means.
to make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something)
Not quite: that's what improve means.
to part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of
Not quite: that's what shed means.
to assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose
Not quite: that's what presume means.
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