Learn the Top 10 Words for Dating and Romantic Relationships in English

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hi everybody welcome back to top words

my name is Alisha and today we’re going

to talk about ten words and phrases for

dating and romantic relationships let’s

go like the first word is like like the

verb like we use like when we initially

develop feelings for someone so we can

say like I really like the girl in my

class so I really like the boy in my

class for example so like is like the

first feelings the first feelings of

like simple attraction to like someone

this is a word that’s used a lot by

children like junior high school or

maybe high school-aged kids and you can

also use it in adult relationships as

well like at those first stages of a

relationship like I really like you

for example so using like can express

something a little bit stronger a little

bit more romantic if you use it in that

way in a sentence I really like him have

a crush on the next word is have a crush

on someone to have a crush on someone so

to have a crush on someone this is

usually used by like teenagers it’s kind

of a young people word so to have a

crush on someone means you have a really

strong attraction to someone but maybe

you don’t know them very well yet or you

haven’t had a chance to speak with them

a lot yet so this is something like if

you regularly see someone like at your

workplace or I like another event or at

school and maybe you think they’re

physically really attractive or maybe

you’ve heard them speaking before and

you think they’re attractive there’s

something about them that really really

strongly interests you but maybe you

don’t know them very well yet you can

say I have a crush on that person like I

have a crush on him or I have a crush on

her like you don’t really know them so

well but you really really are

interested in them that’s called a crush

a crush in a sentence do you have a

crush on your co-worker love the next

word is love love so

at least in American English we tend to

use in more serious situation so it’s

beyond a crush it’s beyond like love is

a more serious word that we use usually

when we have known someone for a long

time or we have just like this very very

strong and deep attraction to a person

so we can say I love you or like do you

love me that kind of thing we can say

that but it has kind of like a serious

implication there’s a very serious sort

of mmm nuance behind the word love so

love is stronger than like or crush and

it has like a serious feeling about it

we can also use the word love for our

friends and our family members too but

the same nuance of like a strong and

serious connection remains when you use

it with your friends and your family

members though it doesn’t mean

romantically it just means you have a

like that very close bond with that

person like I love you guys for example

with your friends there’s a very common

phrase but saying I love you to your

partner is quite strong so please use

this phrase with caution and care uh in

a sentence I think you should tell her

you love her date the next word is date

date so to date someone means that you

meet someone regularly in like a

romantic way so traditionally like dates

could be like dinner and a movie or

going out for coffee together or

enjoying dinner together going to the

park or the beach or maybe traveling

somewhere so a date is time with only

the two of you to get to know each other

and to get to know each other more

romantically so we can use the word date

a little bit loosely if I say for

example I’m going on a date with my

girlfriends today girlfriends in the

plural it means I’m going out for a fun

a fun afternoon maybe or a fun evening

with the women in my life who are

closest to me very close to me my

girlfriends so my close girlfriends so

we can use the word date for friends as

well but if you say like I’m going on a

date with my boyfriend or I’m going on a

date with my wife it sounds like

intimate time for the two of you to be

together a date a date

can be used as a noun and we can use it

as a verb like how long have you been

dating in a sentence we’ve been dating

for about six months

see the next word is si si this is an

important word at least in American

English because it means to be in a

relationship with someone we use the

word C in the same way that we use the

word date like I’ve been seeing this guy

for six months or are you seeing anyone

or I’m thinking about seeing someone new

so see in this way means like to spend

time with romantically like going on

dates with a person so if you hear

someone use C in this way about a person

it means like a romantic relationship

with that person in a sentence are you

seeing anyone

exclusive the next word is exclusive

exclusive so exclusive depending on the

relationship and depending on how you

know that person exclusive means you are

only seeing that person so perhaps when

a relationship is not so serious maybe

at the beginning stages maybe you you or

your partner perhaps might have I don’t

know someone else in their life that

they’re thinking of maybe dating

seriously or maybe there are a couple of

other people that you might be thinking

hmm I could see myself spending time

with that person seriously but again

every relationship is different I don’t

know but some people might use the word

exclusive to mean I only want to see

this person and I want this person to

only see me like to be exclusive means

like these two people only see each

other they are exclusive to each other

essentially some people have exclusive

relationships some the opposite then of

an exclusive relationship could be an

open relationship some people agree to

have an open relationship where their

partners can see other people I don’t

know there are many people in the world

break up the next word is break up break

up to break up means to end a

relationship so we use break up before

marriage if a couple is just dating

they’re just seeing each other and they

decide to finish the relationship they

decide to stop seeing each other

we use the word breakup to describe that

so like I broke up with my boyfriend

last night or like don’t break up with

me or I think we should break up these

are all words these are all expressions

that we use with regard to ending a

relationship ending a relationship is

called breaking up in a sentence I think

we should break up

propose the next word is proposed

to propose so to propose if a

relationship is continuing well and

everything is great presumably or I

don’t know for any number of reasons the

couple decides they would like to get

married we use the verb to propose which

is like a short a short way of saying to

propose marriage

so to propose means like to set out an

idea to give someone an idea for

something so traditionally this comes

from the man like the man will propose

to the woman in the relationship though

I’ve heard of cases where women propose

to men as well so to propose means to

suggest marriage to the other person to

propose in a sentence what do you think

is the best way to propose cheat cheat

cheat so two cheats is a word we use

this is typically for like exclusive

relationships but to cheat means one

partner or perhaps both partners see or

date or spend time with another romantic

partner when they are not supposed to

so if person a and person B are in an

exclusive relationship and person B

meets someone else romantically that’s

called cheating they are cheating so

it’s typically considered a negative

thing in most cultures cheating is

typically bad in a sentence my roommate

was cheating on her boyfriend marry the

last word the next word is marry marry

so to marry or you might also hear to

get married we use both of these to

refer to that ceremony where the couple

decides they’re going to spend forever

together and

legally they become a family so please

be careful

we don’t say get married with someone

sometimes I hear students say this we

don’t say I want to get married with or

my brother got married with we use the

preposition to so my brother got married

to his high-school girlfriend that’s

true or what kind of person do you want

to marry I want to marry a kind person

so please be careful when you use the

verb marry just marry no get married

like I want to marry someone I want I

don’t want to marry someone we’re

probably going to follow the verb marry

with a person or a kind of person if

we’re saying I want to get married we’ll

follow it with to the preposition to and

then the extra information so I want to

get married to a certain kind of person

you can also describe the location of

like a wedding like I want to get

married in a church I want to get

married on the beach so keep in mind

there’s some variation there are many

different ways we can use marry and get

married

um but those are just a couple points in

a sentence

my friend has finally decided to marry

his longtime girlfriend so those are 10

words for dating and romantic

relationships I hope that those were

useful for you if you have any

expressions that you like to use or

maybe something that you have found

useful when dating or in romantic

relationships or even in good friendly

relationships let us know in the

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