feeling of affection

collocation in English

meaningsoffeelingandaffection

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withaffection.
feeling
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/us
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
the fact of feeling ...
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affection
noun
uk
/əˈfek.ʃən/us
/əˈfek.ʃən/
a feeling of liking for a person ...
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(Definition offeelingandaffectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffeeling of affection

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There are many people who will go to the grave cherishing thatfeelingofaffectionand companionship of which they have been deprived.
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They are fighting to save a hospital that they love and for the right to continue serving their own patients, for whom they have developed a genuinefeelingofaffection.
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In most uses, there must be some actual love orfeelingofaffectionbehind the harsh or stern treatment to be defined as tough love.
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It can describe an intensefeelingofaffection, an emotion or an emotional state.
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In our study too, proprietors talked about their feelings of affection for residents.
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If that judgment were favourable, it would alter my feelings of affection towards the board.
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I shall always look back upon that visit with feelings of affection and happiness.
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It is the latter, she confesses, which arouse her most tender feelings of affection and compassion.
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The majority of the album's themes revolve around her own relationships and feelings of affection.
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He studied arranged marriages and found that in many of them the partners developed greater feelings of affection for each other than did couples who had married for love.
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