sweetheart
pronunciation
How to pronounce sweetheart in British English:
UK [ˈswi:thɑ:t]
How to pronounce sweetheart in American English:
US [ˈswithɑrt]
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- Noun:
- a person loved by another person
- any well-liked individual
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
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- Adjective:
- privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically)
Word Origin
- sweetheart (n.)
- late 13c. as a form of address, 1570s as a synonym for "loved one;" from sweet (adj.) + heart (n.). As an adjective, with reference to labor contracts, it is attested from 1959.
Example
- 1. A probably-fake diamond ring from my high school sweetheart .
- 2. You get to see pictures of your former college sweetheart 's family !
- 3. A us magazine editor dubbed her " the first black america 's sweetheart " .
- 4. Every man grabbed hid sweetheart and renewed his vows of love .
- 5. He married his high-school sweetheart , ann , in 1969 , while they were both undergraduates .