What do you understand "love" to mean?

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    English has basically one word to express "I love biscuits", "I love my parents", "love my friends".

    I learnt Greek has four words:
    1. One expressing affection. It can bu used for a dog or a child.
    2. Eros
    3. Friendship
    4. God's unconditional love (agape) for those who are not lovable from themselves.

    "The 5 languages of love" explain yet another concept.

    What do you mean when you use the word "love"?
     
    smile633, Sep 23, 2009 IP
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    Love is an emotion created due to your amygdala and other brain regions - it's good feeling but it's too easy to get your life messed up due to love
     
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    love is something you cannot help and something directly from the heart. just as Chinese character love, there contains a heart.
     
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    How can love be expressed in words? :O
     
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    i mean the calligraphy of the Chinese character LOVE 愛， there contains a heart 心。
     
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    The word "love" can actually have a different meaning depending on the context. I can say that I "love" ice cream, but not exactly love it like I want to marry it. I can tell my family that I "love" them very much, but it would be a different kind of love from what you would have for your significant other. So we do use one word, but the meaning can change depending how we use it.
     
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