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1.
A ~ is a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but who are not married to each other.
After a whirlwind ~ the couple announced their engagement in July.
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2.
Romance refers to the actions and feelings of people who are in love, especially behaviour which is very caring or affectionate.
He still finds time for ~ by cooking candlelit dinners for his girlfriend...
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You can refer to the pleasure and excitement of doing something new or exciting as ~.
We want to recreate the ~ and excitement that used to be part of rail journeys.
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A ~ is a novel or film about a love affair.
Her taste in fiction was for chunky historical ~s.
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Romance is used to refer to novels about love affairs.
Since taking up writing ~ in 1967 she has brought out over fifty books.
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Romance languages are languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian, which come from Latin. (TECHNICAL)
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