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# valentine

noun (a valentine, valentines; Valentine as a name)

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

## Everyday

1. A valentine is a card or small gift sent on Valentine's Day to show love or liking, often without signing your name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#m1)
2. Your valentine is the person you send it to or love. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#m2)
3. Valentine is also a name, for example Saint Valentine, a Christian saint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used around Valentine's Day: in schools children make cards; phrases «be my valentine», «a secret valentine», «Valentine's Day».

### Examples

- I made a valentine with red hearts and glitter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#x1)
- Will you be my valentine? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#x2)
- Sam got a valentine but did not know who sent it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#x3)
- Our class made valentines for the people in the care home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#x4)
- Mum and Dad are each other's valentines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#x5)
- Saint Valentine is remembered by many churches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#x6)
- So Valentine took the right, and Oliver went straight on, and poor Jack took the left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/#x7)

### Note

Write «Valentine's Day» with a capital V and an apostrophe. The card is often written with a small v: a valentine. Sending one secretly is a custom, not a rule.

## On Mova

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