Friend
noun
Someone you like, trust, and enjoy spending time with.
Timmy is my best friend. I can always trust him.
Often appears as...
- best friend
- close friend
noun
Someone who provides help and support.
During my hard times, Jenny was a true friend.
Often appears as...
- true friend
- reliable friend
noun
Someone who is not your enemy and you are not fighting against.
The treaty was signed and we were now friends with the neighbouring nation.
Often appears as...
- foreign friend
- national friend
noun
In social media, someone you are connected to.
We became friends on Facebook.
Often appears as...
- friends list
- online friend
Usage tips
Modern
noun
A function or class that can access private or protected data in another class.
The copy constructor is usually a friend of the class.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Someone you like, trust, and enjoy spending time with.
Timmy is my best friend. I can always trust him.
Often appears as...
- best friend
- close friend
noun
Someone who provides help and support.
During my hard times, Jenny was a true friend.
Often appears as...
- true friend
- reliable friend
noun
Someone who is not your enemy and you are not fighting against.
The treaty was signed and we were now friends with the neighbouring nation.
Often appears as...
- foreign friend
- national friend
noun
In social media, someone you are connected to.
We became friends on Facebook.
Often appears as...
- friends list
- online friend
Usage tips
Modern
noun
A function or class that can access private or protected data in another class.
The copy constructor is usually a friend of the class.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Frequency of Contact
A friend is someone you often communicate with, not just people you know.
I chat with my friend every day after school.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Bond
'Friend' implies a deeper emotional connection compared to acquaintances.
My friend and I share personal stories.
Pro Tip 1/2Frequency of Contact
A friend is someone you often communicate with, not just people you know.
I chat with my friend every day after school.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Bond
'Friend' implies a deeper emotional connection compared to acquaintances.
My friend and I share personal stories.
Pro Tip 1/2Frequency of Contact
A friend is someone you often communicate with, not just people you know.
I chat with my friend every day after school.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Bond
'Friend' implies a deeper emotional connection compared to acquaintances.
My friend and I share personal stories.
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Your body language may...
really change your life in meaningful ways? This is in the lab, it's this little task, it's just a couple of minutes. Where can you actually apply this? Which we cared about, of course. And so we think where you want to use this is evaluative situations, like social threat situations. Where are you being evaluated, either by your friends?
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The benefits of a...
chances are you belong to the world's bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain may actually look and work differently than those of your monolingual friends.
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Rethinking infidelity...
to surround oneself with love and with friends and activities that give back joy and meaning and identity. But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details -- Where were you? Where did you do it? How often? Is she better than me in bed? --
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
a glimmer of light may punch a hole in your most basic assumptions. Will you break free to struggle towards the light, even if it costs you your friends and family, or stick with comfortable and familiar illusions? Truth or habit? Light or shadow?
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What is bipolar...
through a combination of medical treatments doing their work internally, friends and family fostering acceptance and understanding on the outside, and people with bipolar disorder empowering themselves to find balance in their lives.
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A message from the next...
people are becoming so angry and short-tempered we children become what we see around us instead of going into a war with another country we can think twice and create friendship between two countries my final big worry is the
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Why do we love? A...
which is more like a great friendship. Lovers support each other in discovering themselves, reaching beyond themselves, and enriching their lives and the world together. Though we might never know why we fall in love,
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
Some people say that the second year is harder than the first. That's kind of where I'm beginning to feel more the physicality of this loss more deeply. I don't even talk about my mom really with my close friends.
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Why do people join...
who are deprived of normal developmental activities and milestones. Nevertheless, many cult members eventually find a way out, whether through their own realizations, the help of family and friends,
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
friendships and exploring their forest home a discovery
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Your body language may...
really change your life in meaningful ways? This is in the lab, it's this little task, it's just a couple of minutes. Where can you actually apply this? Which we cared about, of course. And so we think where you want to use this is evaluative situations, like social threat situations. Where are you being evaluated, either by your friends?
Video examples
The benefits of a...
chances are you belong to the world's bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain may actually look and work differently than those of your monolingual friends.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
to surround oneself with love and with friends and activities that give back joy and meaning and identity. But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details -- Where were you? Where did you do it? How often? Is she better than me in bed? --
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
a glimmer of light may punch a hole in your most basic assumptions. Will you break free to struggle towards the light, even if it costs you your friends and family, or stick with comfortable and familiar illusions? Truth or habit? Light or shadow?
Video examples
What is bipolar...
through a combination of medical treatments doing their work internally, friends and family fostering acceptance and understanding on the outside, and people with bipolar disorder empowering themselves to find balance in their lives.
Video examples
A message from the next...
people are becoming so angry and short-tempered we children become what we see around us instead of going into a war with another country we can think twice and create friendship between two countries my final big worry is the
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
which is more like a great friendship. Lovers support each other in discovering themselves, reaching beyond themselves, and enriching their lives and the world together. Though we might never know why we fall in love,
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
Some people say that the second year is harder than the first. That's kind of where I'm beginning to feel more the physicality of this loss more deeply. I don't even talk about my mom really with my close friends.
Video examples
Why do people join...
who are deprived of normal developmental activities and milestones. Nevertheless, many cult members eventually find a way out, whether through their own realizations, the help of family and friends,
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
friendships and exploring their forest home a discovery
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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John D. Rockefeller
American Businessman
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
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Leo Buscaglia
American Author
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
Love is a friendship set to music.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
Quote examples
John D. Rockefeller
American Businessman
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
Quote examples
Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
Quote examples
Leo Buscaglia
American Author
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
Love is a friendship set to music.
Example 1 of 10
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