Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - hate

(hates, hating, hated) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you hate someone or something, you have an extremely strong feeling of dislike for them. Most people hate him, but they don’t dare to say so, because he still rules the country... = detest, loathe ? love VERB: V n • Hate is also a noun. I was 17 and filled with a lot of hate... = hatred N-UNCOUNT • hated He’s probably the most hated man in this county. = detested ADJ: ADJ n 2. If you say that you hate something such as a particular activity, you mean that you find it very unpleasant. Ted hated parties, even gatherings of people he liked individually... He hates to be interrupted during training... He hated coming home to the empty house... I hate it when people accuse us of that... I would hate him to think I’m trying to trap him... She hates me having any fun and is quite jealous and spoiled. = dislike ? love, like VERB: no cont, V n, V to-inf, V -ing, V it wh, V n to-inf, V n -ing 3. You can use hate in expressions such as ‘I hate to trouble you’ or ‘I hate to bother you’ when you are apologizing to someone for interrupting them or asking them to do something. I hate to rush you but I have another appointment later on. VERB: no cont, V to-inf c darkgreen]politeness 4. You can use hate in expressions such as ‘I hate to say it’ or ‘I hate to tell you’ when you want to express regret about what you are about to say, because you think it is unpleasant or should not be the case. I hate to admit it, but you were right. VERB: no cont, V to-inf c darkgreen]feelings 5. to hate someone’s guts: see gut 6. You can use hate in expressions such as ‘I hate to see’ or ‘I hate to think’ when you are emphasizing that you find a situation or an idea unpleasant. I just hate to see you doing this to yourself. VERB: no cont, V to-inf c darkgreen]emphasis 7. You can use hate in expressions such as ‘I’d hate to think’ when you hope that something is not true or that something will not happen. I’d hate to think my job would not be secure if I left it temporarily. VERB: no cont, V to-inf