adore

B2 Topic:Religion & Belief

US /əˈdoɹ/ UK /əˈdɔː/ See IPA manual

Freq #6536

Meanings

1

verb
To love someone very deeply.

It is obvious to everyone that he adores his wife.
2

verb
To like something very much.

I absolutely adore Italian food.
3

verb
To worship a god.

The people gathered to adore their gods.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to love someone very deeply. cherish love dote

2 verb · to like something very much. love fancy

3 verb · to worship a god. exalt glorify praise worship

Word family

Forms adoredadoresadoring

Derived forms adorantadorativeadorementadoreradoringlyoveradoredunadored

Related forms adorable adoration

Etymology

From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (“to pray to”), from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“to speak”).

*adoren Middle English adorer Old French adōrō Latin

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# adore

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈdoɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈdɔː/
**Frequency rank:** 6536

## Meanings
1. To love someone very deeply.
2. To like something very much.
3. To worship a god.

## Examples
- It is obvious to everyone that he adores his wife.
- I absolutely adore Italian food.
- The people gathered to adore their gods.

## Derived Forms
- adorant
- adorative
- adorement
- adorer
- adoringly
- overadored
- unadored

## Related Forms
- adorable
- adoration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *adoren
- Root: adorer
- Root: adōrō

## Etymology
From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (“to pray to”), from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“to speak”).

## AI Etymology
Adore is from Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (“to pray to”), from ad (“to”) plus ōrō (“to speak”). The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a verb, adore denotes to love someone very deeply, to like something very much, and to worship a god. The same word family continues in derived forms such as adorant, adorative, adorement, and adorer and related entries such as adorable and adoration.

## Topics
- Religion & Belief

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