romancing

romancing is the present participle and gerund of romance.

Meaning of romance

romance (third-person singular simple present romances, present participle romancing, simple past and past participle romanced)

(transitive) To woo; to court.
- A female Shepard can romance bisexual Yeoman Kelly Chambers, but doing so does not yield a Paramour achievement or an implied sex scene the way that romancing ‘official’ interests does. Similarly, the player can attempt to romance the Asari Samara or her Ardat-Yakshi daughter Morinth, but the...2015 November 15, Meghan Blythe Adams, “Renegade Sex: Compulsory Sexuality and Charmed Magic Circles in the Mass Effect series”, in Loading… The Journal of the Canadian Game Studies Association...
Synonyms:

make love
(intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
(intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.

romancing (plural romancings)

The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
- But this is merely the best cinematic instance of those romancings of history that have always tapped the popular purse[…]1979, Stanley Cavell, The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film, page 81

plural	romancings

What does romancing mean?: Romancing means the process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
What is romancing the present participle and gerund of?: Romancing is the present participle and gerund of romance.
What part of speech is romancing?: Romancing is a noun.
What is the plural of romancing?: The plural of romancing is romancings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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