Jan 18, 2026ย ยท Adjective loved (comparative more loved, superlative most loved) Being the object of love.

Children need unconditional love from their parents. He was just a lonely man looking for love. Verb People loved him for his brashness and talent, his crazy manglings of the English language, his โ€ฆ

LOVED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of love 2. to like another adult very much and be romanticallyโ€ฆ. Learn more.

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Factsheet What does the word loved mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word loved. See โ€˜Meaning & useโ€™ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

LOVED definition: held in deep affection; cherished. See examples of loved used in a sentence.

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