What does LOVING mean?

Definitions for LOVING
ˈlʌv ɪŋlov·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lovingadjective

    feeling or showing love and affection

    "loving parents"; "loving glances"

Wiktionary

  1. lovingnoun

    The action of the verb to love.

  2. lovingadjective

    Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

    his loving wife

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lovingparticipial adj.

    Etymology: from love.

    So loving to my mother,
    That he permitted not the winds of heav’n
    To visit her face too roughly. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    This earl was of great courage, and for this cause much loved of his soldiers, to whom he was no less loving again. John Hayward.

    The king took her in his arms till she came to herself, and comforted her with loving words. Esth. xv. 8.

ChatGPT

  1. loving

    Loving generally refers to having deep affection, care, and a positive attitude towards someone or something. It involves showing kindness, empathy, and compassion, as well as a willingness to support and nurture the well-being of others or oneself. Loving can manifest in various ways, such as through acts of generosity, understanding, forgiveness, patience, and sacrifice. It is often associated with emotional attachment, tenderness, and the desire to maintain and strengthen a connection or relationship.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loving

    of Love

  2. Lovingadjective

    affectionate

  3. Lovingadjective

    expressing love or kindness; as, loving words

Wikidata

  1. Loving

    Loving is an American television soap opera that ran on ABC from June 26, 1983, to November 10, 1995, a total of 3,169 episodes. The serial, set in the fictional town of Corinth, Pennsylvania, was co-created by Agnes Nixon and former actor Douglas Marland. The show was broadcast in France under the title Amoureusement Votre and in Italy as Quando si ama.

Editors Contribution

  1. loving

    Feeling or expressing love.

    They were a very loving couple and people loved to share time with them.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LOVING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loving is ranked #4933 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Loving surname appeared 7,135 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Loving.

    62.7% or 4,475 total occurrences were White.
    29.2% or 2,085 total occurrences were Black.
    3.7% or 269 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.6% or 187 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 84 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 35 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LOVING in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LOVING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of LOVING in a Sentence

  1. Jeb Bush:

    This is a place where I think President Obama missed a real golden opportunity, because he has a stable family, loving children -- great, balanced children from what I can tell -- a strong relationship with his wife, and he could have shown that as a model for others to emulate. And I don't think he's done it as much.

  2. Hermann Hesse:

    Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.

  3. Terry Schilling:

    I feel like the whole gay marriage debate was a sham, when we were debating gay marriage as a country, the opponents of gay marriage were essentially saying this is going to lead to the sexualization of Our Children. It's not going to stop with just two consenting adults in a loving relationship.

  4. Alan Stewart Paton:

    I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they will find we (the blacks) are turned to hating.

  5. Catullus:

    My mind's sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn't like you if you were the best of women,--or stop loving you, no matter what you do.

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