heart

The organ in your chest that sends blood around your body.

• My heart is beating fast.
• The doctor listened to her heart.
• Regular exercise helps keep your heart healthy.

Common phrases: heart attack, heart disease, heart rate

Your feelings, especially love or sadness.

• His words broke my heart.
• She followed her heart and married him.
• I knew in my heart that something was wrong.

How to use it: in someone’s heart (In her heart, she knew he was right.); with all your heart (I love you with all my heart.)

Common phrases: break someone’s heart, in your heart, from the heart

The central or most important part of something.

• The market lies in the heart of town.
• We need to get to the heart of the problem.
• A small lake sits at the heart of the forest.

How to use it: the heart of something (The hotel is in the heart of the city.); at the heart of something (Trust is at the heart of their friendship.)

Similar words: centre, center, core

Common phrases: heart of something, at the heart, city’s heart

A shape with two rounded tops and a pointed bottom, used to show love.

• She drew a red heart.
• The card was covered in little hearts.
• Tap the heart symbol to show that you like the photo.

Common phrases: red heart, heart shape, heart symbol

Kindness and care for other people, especially those who need help.

• Have a heart and help him.
• She has a good heart.
• His heart shows in the way he cares for homeless children.

Similar words: compassion, kindness

Opposites: cruelty

Common phrases: have a heart, kind heart, good heart

A playing card marked with red symbols shaped like the sign for love.

• She played a heart.
• I have three hearts in my hand.
• He led a heart, and I played the queen.

Common phrases: a red heart, play a heart, lead a heart

To click a love symbol on an online post or message to show you like it.

• Heart the post if you like it.
• She hearted my photo yesterday.
• Why did you heart his comment?

Similar words: like

Common phrases: heart a post, heart a comment, heart someone’s photo

To love someone or like something very much.

• I heart this city.
• She totally hearts her new boots.
• We heart anyone who brings us cake.

Similar words: love, adore

Opposites: hate

Common phrases: heart someone, heart this city, heart your style