idiom · informal

love at first sight

UK/lʌv æt fɜːst saɪt/US/lʌv æt fɝːst saɪt/love·at·FIRST·sight

speaking

to feel immediate romantic attraction to someone the first time you see them

Examples

“When I met her at the party I felt it was love at first sight.”

“He says he believed in love at first sight when he saw her walk into the room.”

“Stories about love at first sight are common in romantic films.”

Band 8 sentence

“Honestly, I don’t usually believe in romantic clichés, but when I met her I couldn’t deny it felt like love at first sight.”

Collocations

  • experience love at first sight
  • believe in love at first sight

Word family

love (noun/verb) noun/verbfall in love (phrasal verb) phrasal verb

Common mistakes

love in first sight→love at first sight

the love at first sight→love at first sight

Say it for a higher band

5fall in love→6be attracted to someone→7+love at first sight

Synonyms

fall in love instantly

Easily confused

fall in love

“He fell in love with her after they met at university.”

Related words

break the iceget on (well) (with)hit it offkeep in touchhead over heels (in love)two peas in a podsee eye to eyeon the same wavelength

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