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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

beloved

/bɪˈlʌvd/

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What does beloved mean?

adjective

  1. Much loved, dearly loved.

noun

  1. Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
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verb

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of belove.

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IPA pronunciation

/bɪˈlʌvd/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/bɪˈlʌv.ɪd/
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After an interval I arose, and as if by instinct, crawled into the room where the corpse of my beloved lay.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
Their vague feminine formula for beloved ones doing brave deeds on the field of battle without risk of life would be destroyed.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
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It is the desire for stability of affection, for a sympathetic beloved, an outlet for emotion, a longing for respectable unitary status.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
Tops come in when the marble game is in full blast, and gradually it drives out, till another spring, its beloved rival.
A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) CalhounHealthful Sports for BoysProject Gutenberg ebook #6129
At the head of the column I rode beside the great Thark while at the heels of my mount trotted my beloved Woola.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62