Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - adore
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Adore
adore
(adores, adoring, adored) 1. If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them. She adored her parents and would do anything to please them. VERB: no cont, V n 2. If you adore something, you like it very much. (INFORMAL) My mother adores bananas and eats two a day... VERB: no cont, V n
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transitive verb (~d; adoring) Etymology: Middle English adouren, from Anglo-French aurer, adourer, from Latin adorare, from ad- + orare to speak, pray — more at oration Date: 14th century 1. to worship or honor as a deity or as divine 2. to regard with loving admiration and devotion ~d his wife 3. to be very fond of ~s pecan pie Synonyms: see revere • ~r noun • adoringly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 regard with honour and deep affection. 2 a worship as divine. b RC Ch. offer reverence to (the Host etc.). 3 colloq. like very much. Derivatives adoration n. adoring adj. adoringly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF aourer f. L adorare worship (as AD-, orare speak, pray) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. обожать; поклоняться; преклоняться 2. разг. очень любить, обожать to adore children —- очень любить детей to adore swimming —- очень любить плавать I adore your new dress —- я в восторге от твоего нового платья 3. рел. поклоняться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to love someone very much and feel very proud of them (Betty adores her grandchildren.) 2 informal to like something very much (I absolutely adore chocolate. | Don't you just adore these cookies?) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1375, from O.Fr. adourer, from L. adorare "speak to formally, beseech," in L.L. "to worship," from ad- "to" + orare "speak formally, pray." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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