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
5crush→6love affair→7+romance
Synonyms
love affair
relationship
Easily confused
dating
“Their romance faded after a few months of long-distance relationship.”
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