noun · neutral

romance

UK/rəˈmæns/US/roʊˈmæns/ro·MANCE

Band 5-6speakingtask2

Emotional attraction or involvement between people; a romantic relationship or feeling.

Examples

The film portrays an unlikely romance between the two leads.

Some people look for romance online.

Romance can be important in a long-term partnership.

Band 8 sentence

While romance can spark a relationship, sustaining it usually requires effort, compromise and shared values.

Collocations

  • romantic relationship
  • a brief romance
  • romance blossoms

Word family

romantic adjectiveromantically adverb

Common mistakes

I want find romance.I want to find romance.

He is my romance.He is my romantic partner / He is my boyfriend.

Say it for a higher band

5crush6love affair7+romance

Synonyms

love affair

relationship

Easily confused

dating

Their romance faded after a few months of long-distance relationship.

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