friendship

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/ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/

noun

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noun
A relationship between people who like and support each other.
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A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.

Examples

They formed a close friendship at college.
Your friendship is most precious to me.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

Good will.
The condition of being friends.

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Suspicion is destructive of friendship.
But (as the Poet ſaith) Malè ſarta gratia, nequicquam coit, & reſcinditur: Friendſhip, that is but euill peeced, will not ioine cloſe, but falleth aſunder againe:
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

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But (as the Poet ſaith) Malè ſarta gratia, nequicquam coit, & reſcinditur: Friendſhip, that is but euill peeced, will not ioine cloſe, but falleth aſunder againe:
1570, William Lambard, quoting Horace, A Perambulation of Kent, published 1596, page 341
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] , volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, page 181
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
1960, C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves, HarperCollins, published 2010, →ISBN, →OCLC
“They’re cuddling by the fire, they’re going on trips together, they’re introducing their friends to their family, but they’re very clear that those are friendships,” Stinson said. “It really makes me think about the definitions that we have about friendship and romance, and how those things differ, and I just like how messy it all is.”
2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN
In good times and bad, in sickness and health, the benefits of friendships between women are physically and psychologically undeniable.
2024 August 4, Terry Ward, “Fragile and complex, female friendships hinge on the three S’s, a new book says”, in CNN

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Origin

noun

From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend + -ship.

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noun

Their blank has lasted for over twenty years without any arguments.