love set

noun

, Tennis.

1. a set in which one's opponent fails to win a game.

love set

noun

1. tennis a set in which the loser has a score of zero

Word History and Origins

Origin of love set¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Does our love set in motion unseen waves of sympathy, so that the heart feels the message which has not yet been told in words?

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And so Love set in order the empire of the gods—the love of beauty, as is evident, for with deformity Love has no concern.

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Now the one eternal God Lives in his sign when cross and crescent smile Love-set in the same heaven!

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He was a man of ideals, and in Oachi's love he saw his ideal of love set apart from him by illimitable voids.

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My partner and I made a great effort and got one game, and we congratulated ourselves on saving a love set.

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