adore

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

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.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

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

Simplified etymology

Adore entered English in the late Middle Ages from Latin adorare, “to worship,” combining ideas of worship and spoken prayer. Adorable originally meant “worthy of divine worship” in the early 17th century; its modern sense “lovable” developed by the middle of that century.

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

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Actions & Processes

External links

# 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
- Actions & Processes

markdown