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friendship meaning

EN[ˈfɹɛndʃɪp]
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WFriendship
  • Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people. Friendship is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an association.
  • Although there are many forms of friendship, some of which may vary from place to place, certain characteristics are present in many types of friendship.
  • While there is no practical limit on what types of people can form a friendship, friends tend to share common backgrounds, occupations, or interests, and have similar demographics.
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    Definition of friendship in English Dictionary

  • NounPLfriendshipsSUF-ship
    1. (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
      1. (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
        1. (uncountable) Good will.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance
            • After the war, he studied engineering at the University of Washington , and maintained his friendship with a former squadronmate, George H.W. Bush .
            • He struck up a friendship with Redford that was to last for many years.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • “Gossip Girl,” which has its season finale on Monday, explores the unnavigability of friendship.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Morphemes
            • Suffixes
              • Words by suffix
                • Words suffixed with -ship
                • Suffixes that form nouns from adjectives and nouns
                  • Words suffixed with -ship
              • Nouns
                • Countable nouns
                  • Singularia tantum
                    • Uncountable nouns
                Related Links:
                1. en friendships
                2. en friendshipy
                3. en friendshippy
                4. en friendshipper
                5. en friendshipless
                Source: Wiktionary

                Meaning of friendship for the defined word.

                Grammatically, this word "friendship" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.
                Definiteness: Level 8
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