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beloved

[ bih-luhv-id, -luhvd ]

adjective

  1. greatly loved; dear to the heart.

    Synonyms: darling, sweet, precious



noun

  1. a person who is greatly loved.

beloved

/ bɪˈlʌvɪd; -ˈlʌvd /

adjective

  1. dearly loved


noun

  1. a person who is dearly loved, such as a wife or husband

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Other Words From

  • prebe·loved adjective noun
  • super·be·loved adjective
  • unbe·loved adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of beloved1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English biloved “loved,” past participle of biloven “to like, love”; equivalent to be- + love + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.

You will have your beloved father back sooner than you think, and you can visit and communicate with him all the while.

Author J.K. Rowling says all religions are present at her beloved wizard school—except Wiccans.

Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.

Restaurant described latkes as “Mini hash browns,” which he thinks is why they are so universally beloved.

It seemed strange to me to be passing the room of my beloved Goethe, with our equally beloved Liszt!

Our beloved Queen had drawn the teeth of the Turkish counter-attack on our extreme left.

And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

In his own person, he was now convinced of the truth of his father's charge against this once beloved Wharton.

Dame Dorothy Packington sent the trusty and well beloved Thos.

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