friendship

[frend-ship]

noun

1. the state of being a friend; association as friends.

   to value a person's friendship.

2. a friendly relation or intimacy.

   Synonyms: rapport, understanding, accord, harmony

3. friendly feeling or disposition.

Other Word Forms

• prefriendship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of friendship¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English frēondscipe, equivalent to friend + -ship

Example Sentences

“We have by some people been called a friendship simulator,” says Reich, who acknowledges that the dedicated way its community engages with Dropout’s cast is an “inevitable byproduct of producing content for the internet.”

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"Yet even to Iran, whose regime has inflicted so much death on the Middle East, the hand of friendship and cooperation is open," he told the Knesset.

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Be it moving in with partners, getting married, focusing on our careers or starting a family, friendships become "the easiest place for collateral damage" for both men and women explains author Dolly Alderton.

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"A flag we can all be proud of, a flag that symbolises unity, kindness, being the underdog, not having our bins emptied, and above all else, friendship."

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"What the show does here, it exposes the illusion of co-operation and that's in so many systems. It's in our workplaces, it's in politics, it's in friendships under stress," she says.

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Related Words

• accord 
• affection 
• agreement 
• closeness 
• devotion 
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• harmony 
• intimacy 
• love 
• pact 
• rapport 
• society 
• solidarity 
• understanding