Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - romance

(romances) 1. A romance is a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but who are not married to each other. After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July. N-COUNT 2. Romance refers to the actions and feelings of people who are in love, especially behaviour which is very caring or affectionate. He still finds time for romance by cooking candlelit dinners for his girlfriend... N-UNCOUNT 3. You can refer to the pleasure and excitement of doing something new or exciting as romance. We want to recreate the romance and excitement that used to be part of rail journeys. N-UNCOUNT 4. A romance is a novel or film about a love affair. Her taste in fiction was for chunky historical romances. N-COUNT 5. Romance is used to refer to novels about love affairs. Since taking up writing romance in 1967 she has brought out over fifty books. N-UNCOUNT 6. Romance languages are languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian, which come from Latin. (TECHNICAL) ADJ: ADJ n