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Definition of beloved adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beloved

adjective
 
(formal)
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  1.  
     
    /bɪˈlʌvɪd/
     
    /bɪˈlʌvɪd/
     [only before noun] loved very much
    • in memory of our dearly beloved son, John
    • They were glad to be back in their beloved Ireland.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • dearly
    • much
    preposition
    • by
    • of
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  2.  
     
    /bɪˈlʌvd/
     
    /bɪˈlʌvd/
     beloved by/of somebody loved very much by somebody; very popular with somebody
    • the deep purple flowers so beloved by artists
    • She was beloved by all who knew her.
    • The question, ‘What is History?’, beloved of university examiners, has no definitive answer.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • dearly
    • much
    preposition
    • by
    • of
    See full entry
    More Like This Adjectives ending in –ed pronounced /-ɪd/Adjectives ending in –ed pronounced /-ɪd/
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: past participle of obsolete belove ‘be pleasing’, later ‘love’.
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