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beloved

[bih-luhv-id, -luhvd]

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adjective

greatly loved; dear to the heart.

noun

a person who is greatly loved.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English biloved, past participle of biloven to like, love; see be-, love, -ed²

Related forms

pre·be·lov·ed, adjective, noun

su·per·be·lov·ed, adjective

un·be·loved, adjective

Synonyms
1. cherished, precious; sweet, darling.

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Example Sentences

If you and one of your beloved professors actually started to date, it would never be as good as your fantasy.

Strangest of all, many want their beloved artificial sweeteners to be less artificial.

Take a virtual tour of a chocolate factory and nibble on the history and science of this beloved treat.

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If you and one of your beloved professors actually started to date, it would never be as good as your fantasy.

Strangest of all, many want their beloved artificial sweeteners to be less artificial.

Take a virtual tour of a chocolate factory and nibble on the history and science of this beloved treat.

The brain encourages an intense focus on the beloved through the reward system.

The rudness that has over taken my beloved country has saddened me.

Burgers are the perfect solution for casual entertaining: easy, quick to cook, and beloved by almost everyone.

Haiti, our beloved country, has endured more than two centuries of bad governance.

Although this is all appalling to open-source purists, it may not spell the end for their beloved programs.

The loss of a beloved child has hit this family hard.

The brother no longer visits the beloved invalid sister.

It is really a fantastic idea to create a new world and side by side to save our beloved globe from worming.

One is devoted to my beloved chickens for their dirt/sand baths.

Bringing a beloved champ out of retirement and back into the ring is always dicey.

It made a sad swansong for many beloved players, who will be leaving when the team is rejigged for the next season.

Perugians feared that such measures would turn their beloved city into a museum.

It is certainly an emergency situation for our planet's beloved species.

My beloved garbanzo beans have grown fuzzy, adorable seed pods.

Homepages devoted to beloved pets rarely provoke much attention.

Well enjoy your beloved euro and the stuff the pigs on the south have for you.

The sight of one's beloved with pupils enlarged had the desired effect of communicating arousal.

It takes time to build the political will to go after a beloved company.

Beware, dog and cat owners: a new study indicates that our beloved furry friends may contain high levels of toxic chemicals.

In the present context, let's say that you buried your beloved dog beneath a rose bush in your garden.

And it is beloved by those who visit it regularly for services.

There is a ferment of interest in the country's beloved woodlands, and how they can best be looked after.

It is designed to mimic the stone block pattern and preserve the general shape of the beloved national icon.

Once unstoppable, the beloved company practically invented amateur photography.

My beloved golden retriever had to be put to sleep about a year-and.

Yet it's in cooler climes that this plant's beloved product, chocolate, has a voracious following.

It will no doubt be beloved by professional paleontologists and young dino-philes alike.

It is a place blessedly stocked with eateries where a guy can get noteworthy huevos rancheros while his beloved browses chic.

Sample has been called many things on this campus-darling of donors, beloved leader, brilliant scientist-but above all he.

The beloved country dwells on the past to an unhealthy degree.

Lewis's religious influences in writing the beloved children's books on which the movie is based.

And lawyers were hardly more beloved then than now.

Celebrate a mismatched but beloved collection by arranging them in an asymmetrical wavelike pattern on a plain white wall.

While a lot of our time was spent visiting beloved friends.

And spending the day on a beloved sabbatical project makes for more relaxing off hours.

Of course, some human behaviour does fit the rational pattern so beloved of economists.

Some conservationists hope that tourists will visit these beloved animals there.

We looked into different ways to eradicate the problem without using chemicals or possibly harming our beloved bee colonies.

Some animal lovers stuff a beloved pet when it dies.

But one of the things that made him so beloved as an editor was that he rarely asked authors to do hard work.

Even animals this beloved could wear out their welcome.

Her beloved horse placidly munches oats from a soup bowl on the porch.

The tiny tweaks sometimes get in the way of beloved behaviors that have been around for years.

Not beloved tchotchkes that in some way reflect one's interests.

C elegans, a tiny threadworm beloved of geneticists, has been positively pummelled with such double-stranded ambuscades.

Uys's creations spout his witty lines and often stinging criticism of his beloved country both pre- and post-apartheid.

But occasionally, our beloved cyberspace presents us with some new and novel.

However, they don't tend to restrict themselves to the categories that are beloved of those in diversity studies.

Thank you so much for this positive look at my beloved hometown.

Abrams reboots the beloved franchise this weekend in theaters around the world.

While many would bemoan what has become of their beloved mascot, there is actually something much more interesting at play here.

Deep, painful regret and sorrow over a the loss of a beloved member of our gaming family.

Everyone cries at the end when the group stages a heartfelt tribute to their beloved sensei.

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World English Dictionary

beloved (bɪˈlʌvɪd, -ˈlʌvd)

—*adj*
1.	dearly loved

—n
2.	a person who is dearly loved, such as a wife or husband

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Word Origin & History

beloved

late 14c. (adj.), from pp. of v. belove (c.1200), from be- + loven "to love." Noun meaning "one who is beloved" is from 1520s.

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