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I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.
George Brett

Meaning of "fraternity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRATERNITY

fraternity  [frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRATERNITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fraternity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRATERNITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fraternity

Fraternity

A fraternity is a brotherhood, although the term sometimes connotes a distinct or formal organization and sometimes a secret society. A fraternity is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, moral, religious, and/or social development of its members.

Definition of fraternity in the English dictionary

The first definition of fraternity in the dictionary is a body of people united in interests, aims, etc. Other definition of fraternity is brotherhood. Fraternity is also a secret society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRATERNITY


amenity
əˈmiːnɪtɪ
coeternity
ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
confraternity
ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
diuturnity
ˌdaɪjʊˈtɜːnɪtɪ
equal-opportunity
ˌiːkwəlˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
eternity
ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
eviternity
ˌiːvɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
immunity
ɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ
impunity
ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ
interfraternity
ˌɪntəfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
maternity
məˈtɜːnɪtɪ
modernity
mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ
opportunity
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
paternity
pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
quaternity
kwəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
sempiternity
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
subalternity
ˌsʌbɔːlˈtɜːnɪtɪ
taciturnity
ˌtæsɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
unity
ˈjuːnɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRATERNITY

frat
fratch
fratchy
frate
frater
fraternal
fraternalism
fraternally
fraternisation
fraterniser
fraternities
fraternity pin
fraternization
fraternize
fraternizer
fratery
fratricidal
fratricide
fratry

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRATERNITY

affinity
Christianity
dignity
divinity
equal opportunity
femininity
gated community
Holy Trinity
humanity
indemnity
infinity
insanity
profanity
sanity
serenity
trinity
vanity
vicinity
virginity
yachting fraternity

Synonyms and antonyms of fraternity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FRATERNITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fraternity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fraternity

Translation of «fraternity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRATERNITY

Find out the translation of fraternity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fraternity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fraternity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

博爱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fraternidad
570 millions of speakers

English

fraternity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिरादरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأخوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

братство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fraternidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমধর্মিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fraternité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Persaudaraan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brüderlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

友愛会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사교 클럽
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fraternity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình huynh đệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சகோதரத்துவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंधुता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kardeşlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fraternità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

braterstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

братство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fraternitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδελφότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

broederskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

broderskap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brorskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fraternity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRATERNITY»

The term «fraternity» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.346 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRATERNITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fraternity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fraternity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fraternity

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FRATERNITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fraternity.
1
Spiro T. Agnew
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
2
B. R. Ambedkar
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
3
Josephine Baker
I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.
4
Hjalmar Branting
Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature.
5
Hjalmar Branting
As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?
6
George Brett
I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.
7
Arthur Hugh Clough
The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.
8
Jim Coleman
With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood.
9
Art Garfunkel
We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it.
10
Murray Gell-Mann
I think also of my colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands, and feel that in some measure I am here as a representative of our small, informal, international fraternity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRATERNITY»

Discover the use of fraternity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fraternity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fraternity
Traces the college years of five prominent African-American leaders including Clarence Thomas, Edward P. Jones and Theodore Wells while exploring their recruitment, mentorship and advocacy by Holy Cross College theology professor John ...
Diane Brady, 2012
2
Fraternity
A play about activism and anti-Semitism on a college campus in 1961.
Steve Karp, 2006
3
Fraternity
Joseph Conrad, himself considered a master of prose, described the experience of reading the book as a kind of pilgrimage, "a long and breathless ascent on a commanding summit in view of the promised land."
John Galsworthy, 2010
4
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive ...
The Presidents Club, established at Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration by Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover, is a complicated place: its members are bound forever by the experience of the Oval Office and yet are eternal rivals for history’s ...
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, 2012
5
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: And Three Brief Essays
With great energy and clarity, Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894), author of History of the Criminal Law of England, and judge of the High Court from 1879-91, challenges John Stuart Mill's On Liberty and On Utilitarianism, arguing that ...
James Fitzjames Stephen, 1991
6
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
The book is in three main parts, one part devoted to Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in turn.
Paul Spicker, 2006
7
Fraternity: A Journey in Search of Five Presidents
A travelogue of the national spirit that chronicles a quest stretching over fifteen years and starring the biggest names in the modern American saga, this is living history of the most human kind, and Bob Greene at his very best.
Bob Greene, 2004
8
The Idea of Fraternity in America
Wilson C. McWilliams. It would seem as if the rulers of our time \ sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they would try a little more to make great men; that they would set less value on the work and more on the ...
Wilson C. McWilliams, 1974
9
Here's to Our Fraternity: One Hundred Years of Zeta Beta ...
In this study, Marianne Sanua follows the evolution of the fraternity from its rabbinical roots to its increased secularization and shows how ZBT's social opportunities, hitherto denied its members in the non-Jewish world, were a means of ...
Marianne Rachel Sanua, 1998
10
Theatre of the Fraternity: Staging the Ritual Space of the ...
Its continued success today, as evidenced by the many large extant temples, is owed, in part, to the important element of theatricality that is the focus of this book.Scenery created for Scottish Rite performances included exotic images ...
C. Lance Brockman, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRATERNITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fraternity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Film fraternity visits Robinhood's family
The visiting artists also said that the film fraternity of the State is taking active part in the protests for a proper ILP to protect the indigenous ... «E-Pao.net, Jul 15»
2
Sorority to move into house of disbanded U-M fraternity Sigma Alpha …
The fraternity was suspended by U-M officials and permanently disbanded by its national chapter for failure to cooperate with an investigation ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
3
Chiropractic fraternity splits over allegations of mismanagement
Allegations of extravagant pay, poor management and quackery have split the chiropractic fraternity, with a rebel group forming an alternative ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Fathers of black sons slain by white men gather for panel in …
“Our communities can never be what they will be until black lives are respected,” said Antonio Knox, president of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. «ActionNewsJax.com, Jul 15»
5
Wesleyan University Divided as Fraternity Battles Mandate to Go Coed
A debate over Greek life at Wesleyan University has become focused on the fate of one fraternity that is fighting the school's new mandate to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
cycling fraternity celebrates
Another successful year of achievements was celebrated by members of the cycling fraternity at the Cycling Southland annual prizegiving ... «Southland Times, Jul 15»
7
Former Kappa Delta Rho member seeks documents in suit against …
The Kappa Delta Rho fraternity house on Prospect Avenue in State College on Tuesday, March 17, 2014. CHRISTOPHER WEDDLE — CDT ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»
8
Fraternity brothers build accessible playground equipment at Dells …
WISCONSIN DELLS (WKOW) -- A group of college fraternity brothers from all across the country are giving up six weeks of their summer to help ... «WKOW, Jul 15»
9
Infiltrate a Fraternity to Investigate Murder with Exclusive Dude Bro …
College students are infiltrating the ranks of a popular fraternity, in hopes of investigating murder cases that they believe were committed by an ... «Shockya.com, Jul 15»
10
Former UCF Fraternity Taunts University As A Frat With No Rules
A former fraternity at the University of Central Florida is openly taunting the public school's administration and Greek life officials, advertising ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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