adore

Etymology

From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō, from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“I speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ədôʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdɔː/
• (General American) enPR: ədôrʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ədōrʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /əˈdoə̯/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: adore

Verb

adore (third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored)

1. To worship.
   • Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)

     Bishops and priests, […] bearing the host, which he [James] publicly adored.

2. To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.

   It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.

   • Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859)

     The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth.

3. To be very fond of.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:

     "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"

4. (obsolete) To adorn.
   • Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)

     Like to the hore / Congealed drops, which do the morn adore.

Anagrams

• E-road, O'Dare, oared, oread

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdo.ɾe/

Noun

adore

1. energy
2. courage

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔʁ/

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Verb

adore

1. first-person singular present indicative of adorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of adorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorer
5. second-person singular imperative of adorer

Anagrams

• éroda

Verb

adore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar

Etymology

From French adorer (“worship, adore”).

Verb

adore

1. adore
2. worship

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈa.dɔ.rɛ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdoː.re/, [aˈdoː.rɛ]

Noun

adō̆re n

1. ablative singular of ador

Verb

adore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
3. first-person singular imperative of adorar
4. third-person singular imperative of adorar

Verb

adore

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of adora.
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of adora.

Verb

adore

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of adorar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of adorar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of adorar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of adorar.