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love life

American  

noun

  1. amorous or sexual relations.


love life British  

noun

  1. the part of a person's life consisting of his or her sexual relationships

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of love life

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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She’s also opening up a broader conversation about the choices and trade-offs adults have to make when it comes to love, life, work, and family.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Except, in the midst of that project, McElwee’s focus shifts, delightfully, to his disastrous love life and the fascinating women he meets in his travels, becoming a deeply humane examination of modern courtship.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

At 45, Kim Kardashian’s love life still generates just as much public fascination as it did 20 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

But hearing it gives more context to the song's inscrutable title – borrowed from a phrase Lightbody's father had used about his son's hapless love life.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Aunt J consults her about her love life all the time.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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