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# romance

noun (romance, a romance, romances); verb (romance — old-fashioned)

«romance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A romance is a loving relationship between two people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#m1)
2. Romance is the feeling of love and excitement in such a relationship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#m2)
3. A romance is a story or film about love. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#m3)
4. Romance can also mean an exciting, mysterious feeling about something: «the romance of travel». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories and films, romance is a type (genre) of story about falling in love. In everyday life children see romance in fairy tales like Cinderella. Phrases: «a holiday romance», «romance novel», «the romance of the sea».

### Examples

- Cinderella and the prince have a romance in the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#x1)
- My big sister likes romance films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#x2)
- The book was full of adventure and romance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#x3)
- They met at school and their romance began. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#x4)
- Grandpa talked about the romance of travelling by steam train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#x5)
- This is an adventure story, not a romance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#x6)
- The romance of the earth is, after all, the most wonderful of all romances. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/#x7)

### Note

Countable (a romance) and uncountable (romance as a feeling). Adjective: «romantic». «Romance languages» (French, Spanish, Italian…) come from Latin, the language of Rome, not from «love».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «romance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«romance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/romance.html) on Mova free.