US /bɪˈlʌvd/ UK /bɪˈlʌvd/
adj noun verb Freq #2616

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Loved very much.

    She read aloud from her beloved book of poems.

  2. 2
    noun

    A person who is loved.

    He wrote a letter to his beloved every day.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · loved very much. dearlovedprecious
2 noun · a person who is loved. love
Opposites
Word family
Forms beloveds

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.

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