first love

noun

: the first person one loves in a romantic way
You never forget your first love.

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The daughter of Ae-sun and Gwan-sik meets her first love, Park Yeong-bum (Lee Jun-young). Kayti Burt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025 The film portrays the coming-of-age journey of 20-year-old Jone who experiences her first love amid the unexpected acceleration of her father’s Parkinson’s disease. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025 To name a few: There’s the Bond of Fleming’s 1950s and 1960s novels, who loses his first love, Vesper Lynd, and hunts down her killers, who are members of SMERSH, the assassination arm of Soviet intelligence agencies. Colin Burnett, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025 The series will follow the love story of two Black teens Keisha (Lovie Simone) and Justin (Michael Cooper Jr.), young athletes who become each other’s first love, which ultimately impacts them for the rest of their lives. Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for first love

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“First love.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20love. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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