<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively): We knew it was a romance, so we were expecting a happy ending.</li><li>Romance novels are popular escapist entertainment.</li><li>a novel or other prose narrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, romantic exploits, etc., usually in a historical or imaginary setting: The famous chivalric romance <em>Ivanhoe</em> is set in medieval England.</li><li>the colorfully world, life, or conditions depicted in such tales.</li><li>a medieval narrative, originally one in verse and in some Romance dialect, treating the subjects of heroic chivalry and fantastic or supernatural events, often in the form of allegory.</li><li>a baseless, made-up story, usually full of exaggeration or fanciful invention.</li><li>feelings or demonstrations of love or desire, especially idealized love: There was no romance left in their marriage, but the partnership worked in every other regard.</li><li>the attractive, partly imagined character or quality of something, as an era, a place, or an activity, that suggests adventure, heroism, excitement, glamour, and distance from the everyday: The romance of crossing an ocean to a new life still clung to the old immigrant steamer trunk.</li><li>a romantic affair or experience; a love affair.</li><li>the group of Italic Indo-European languages descended since a.d. 800 from Latin, as French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Provençal, Catalan, Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian, and Ladino: a Romance language.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to invent or relate romances; indulge in fanciful or extravagant stories or daydreams.</li><li>to think or talk romantically.</li><li>to court or woo romantically; treat with ardor or chivalrousness: He's currently romancing a very attractive widow.</li><li>to court the favor of or make overtures to; play up to: They need to romance the local business community if they expect to do business here.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, relating to, or noting the group of Italic Indo-European languages descended since a.d. 800 from Latin, as French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Provençal, Catalan, Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian, and Ladino: a Romance language.</li></ul>