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| fall in love |
If you fall in love with someone, you start to feel very strong feelings of romantic love for that person. You might want to be with that person all the time and forever, and you think they are just perfect for you. |
| romance |
A romance is a relationship of love between two people, which might last only a short while or for quite a long time. In a romance, people fall in love and are very happy together. A romance is also a story about people falling in love as in a book or movie. |
| romantic |
When something is romantic, it has to do with feelings of love. A romantic movie is about people who are in love or fall in love. When someone writes a romantic letter, they write about their feelings of love. [1/3 definitions] |
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