friend
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
friends
plural
friends
Britannica Dictionary definition of FRIEND
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a person who you like and enjoy being with
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I'd like you to meet my friend.
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She is such a good/close/dear friend (of mine).
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We're fast friends. = We're the best of friends.
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He's no friend of mine.
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He has always been a good friend to me. [=he has always helped or supported me as a good friend should]
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She's my best friend. [=my closest friend]
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We are childhood friends. [=we have been friends since we were children]
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old friends [=people who have been friends for a long time]
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She is an old family friend. = She is an old friend of the family. [=she has known and spent time with the family over many years]
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We are just friends. [=we are not in a romantic relationship]
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He wants to be friends with my younger sister. [=he wants to be my sister's friend]
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She is best friends with my younger sister. [=she is my youngest sister's closest friend]
◊ Friend is sometimes used in a humorous or ironic way to refer to someone who is annoying or disliked.
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Has our friend with the rude attitude been bothering you lately?
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Don't look now. Here comes your friend.
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a person who helps or supports someone or something (such as a cause or charity)
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She is a friend of the environment. [=she supports environmental causes]
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The strikers knew they had a friend in the senator. [=knew that the senator supported them]
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Are you friend or foe? [=do you support us or oppose us?]
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a friend in need is a friend indeed
— used to say that a friend who will help you when you need help is a true friend
friends in high places
◊ To have friends in high places is to know people with social or political influence or power.
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She got the job because she has friends in high places.
make friends
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to become someone's friend
— often + with
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Sometimes it is hard for children to make new friends.
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She's very good at making friends with people from all walks of life.
