Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - affection
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Affection
affection
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, from Latin ~-, affectio, from afficere Date: 13th century 1. a moderate feeling or emotion 2. tender attachment ; fondness she had a deep ~ for her parents 3. a. (1) a bodily condition (2) disease, malady b. attribute shape and weight are ~s of bodies 4. obsolete partiality, prejudice 5. the feeling aspect (as in pleasure) of consciousness 6. a. propensity, disposition b. archaic affectation 1 7. the action of affecting ; the state of being affected Synonyms: see feeling • ~less adjective
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n. 1 (often foll. by for, towards) goodwill; fond or kindly feeling. 2 a disease; a diseased condition. 3 a mental state; an emotion. 4 a mental disposition. 5 the act or process of affecting or being affected. Derivatives affectional adj. (in sense 3). affectionally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L affectio -onis (as AFFECT(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. привязанность, любовь, расположение sincere affection —- искренняя любовь filial affection —- сыновья любовь to have an affection towards smb. —- питать к кому-л нежные чувства; любить кого-л; быть привязанным к кому-л to set one's affections upon smb. —- привязаться к кому-д; полюбить кого-л the object of smb.'s affections —- предмет чьей-л любви 2. болезнь; заболевание; поражение (органа) affection of the throat —- болезнь горла 3. воздействие, влияние 4. склонность, наклонность; стремление, влечение 5. книж. эмоция, чувство, переживание reason and affections —- разум и чувства 6. филос. случайность volition and affection —- волевой акт и случайность 7. атрибут, свойство affections of bodies —- свойства тел ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
noun 1) oft. pl. привязанность, любовь (towards, for) the object of his affections - предмет его любви 2) болезнь mental affection - психическое заболевание, душевная болезнь Syn: see love ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
(affections) 1. If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them. She thought of him with affection... She had developed quite an affection for the place. N-UNCOUNT: oft N for/of n 2. Your affections are your feelings of love or fondness for someone. The distant object of his affections is Caroline... N-PLURAL: with poss ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ n a gentle feeling of love and caring + for (Bart felt a great affection for the old man.) show ~ (Their mother never shows them much affection.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 12c., "an emotion of the mind, passion, lust as opposed to reason," from O.Fr. affection, from L. affectionem (nom affectio) "inclination, infleunce," from affec-, stem of afficere "act on" (see affect). Sense developed from "disposition" to "good disposition" in M.E. Affectionate in the sense of "loving" is from 1586. AFFIDAVIT - 1593, from M.L., lit. "he has stated on oath," third person sing. perf. of affidare "to trust," from L. fidus "faithful." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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