What part of speech is loved?

Loved can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. loved is a verb, past participle of love (infinitive).
  • 2. loved is a verb, past simple of love (infinitive).
  • 3. loved is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • loved 
    more loved
    most loved
  • Positive: loved 
  • Comparative: more loved
  • Superlative: most loved

What does loved mean?

Definitions

Adjective

loved - held dear; "his loved companion of many years"

Verb

love - have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
love - get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
love - be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
love - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

Examples of loved

#   Sentence  
1. adj. His loved companion of many years.
2. verb The advertising farce of how much he loved Linda (woman whose quality he did not deserve), was exposed when it was known that Paul had an affair with Heather Mills, Linda's intimate friend, with whom McCartney went on a trip to New York and to whom he bought things and presents, while he was still mourning for his "dear Linda".
3. verb He loved it.
4. verb Mine learned to "go to the bathroom" only in their cages and loved to ride on my shoulder or hang out in my hoodie pouch.
5. verb We loved most of the locations that both of the ships visited and don't believe that this should be a distinguishing factor on deciding between the cruise lines.
6. verb Spa We tried the spa on the Liberty and loved it.
7. verb Loved the pool and BBQ.
8. verb I absolutely LOVED living there.
9. verb I used to go here almost everyday since I work in the neighbourhood and loved their turkey and meatball sandwiches.
10. verb The poor quality starts at the receptionist desk, where the staff is very impatient and lack the efficiency I once loved about the office.
11. verb I loved the car so we began negotiating my trade-in and the price of the 09 XF.
12. verb Aside from that little *mystery*, one of the sales ladies was quite comfortable telling me how wrong I was about how another dress that I loved compared to one of her dresses that I was trying on.
13. verb Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.
14. verb Everybody loved the simple scholar.
15. verb I didn't marry her because I loved her.
16. verb It is easy to love, but hard to be loved.
17. noun His love for his work.
18. noun Children need a lot of love.
19. noun The theater was her first love.
20. noun Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings.
21. noun She was his first love.
22. noun It was 40 love.
23. noun He hadn't had any love in months.
24. noun He has a very complicated love life.
Sentence  
adj.
His loved companion of many years.
verb
The advertising farce of how much he loved Linda (woman whose quality he did not deserve), was exposed when it was known that Paul had an affair with Heather Mills, Linda's intimate friend, with whom McCartney went on a trip to New York and to whom he bought things and presents, while he was still mourning for his "dear Linda".
He loved it.
Mine learned to "go to the bathroom" only in their cages and loved to ride on my shoulder or hang out in my hoodie pouch.
We loved most of the locations that both of the ships visited and don't believe that this should be a distinguishing factor on deciding between the cruise lines.
Spa We tried the spa on the Liberty and loved it.
Loved the pool and BBQ.
I absolutely LOVED living there.
I used to go here almost everyday since I work in the neighbourhood and loved their turkey and meatball sandwiches.
The poor quality starts at the receptionist desk, where the staff is very impatient and lack the efficiency I once loved about the office.
I loved the car so we began negotiating my trade-in and the price of the 09 XF.
Aside from that little *mystery*, one of the sales ladies was quite comfortable telling me how wrong I was about how another dress that I loved compared to one of her dresses that I was trying on.
Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.
Everybody loved the simple scholar.
I didn't marry her because I loved her.
It is easy to love, but hard to be loved.
noun
His love for his work.
Children need a lot of love.
The theater was her first love.
Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings.
She was his first love.
It was 40 love.
He hadn't had any love in months.
He has a very complicated love life.

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