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love match

American  

noun

  1. a marriage entered into for love alone.


love match British  

noun

  1. a betrothal or marriage based on mutual love rather than any other considerations

"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 match

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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He’ll even dig up the grave of a suitable love match.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

A paunchy, bespectacled, depressed widower with back pain, Farrell oozes melancholy as he checks into a hotel where he hopes to make a love match in 45 days or be turned into the titular animal.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2023

He’s also staging it at his Washington company, with an entirely different setting: a D.C. television newsroom, in which the passive-aggressive love match of Beatrice and Benedick is co-anchoring a telecast.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2022

But I hope by the end, she has this humbling redemptive moment where she does find a love match with someone who loves her for her flaws, rather than despite her flaws.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022

Every moment buttressed the reputation of our love match.

From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony

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