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loved ones

loved ones is the plural of loved one.

Meaning of loved one

Noun

loved one (plural loved ones)

  1. A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on hospital admission form).
    • I felt myself masculine, the protector of the weak, the fighting male. And, best of all, I felt myself the protector of my loved one. She leaned against me.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Questions about loved ones

What is loved ones the plural of?
Loved ones is the plural of loved one.

Words near loved ones in the dictionary

  1. loved
  2. loved away
  3. loved it or lumped it
  4. loved on
  5. loved one
  6. loved ones
  7. loved up
  8. loved'st
  9. loved'th
  10. loved-up
  11. Lovedale

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loved ones (page history and authors); loved one (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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