Meaning of "friend" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRIEND

Old English frēond; related to Old Saxon friund, Old Norse frǣndi, Gothic frijōnds, Old High German friunt.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FRIEND

friend  [frɛnd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRIEND

Friend is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb friend in English.

WHAT DOES FRIEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Friendship

Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people. Friendship is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an association. Friendship has been studied in academic fields such as sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Various academic theories of friendship have been proposed, including social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles. A World Happiness Database study found that people with close friendships are happier. 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. Such characteristics include affection, sympathy, empathy, honesty, altruism, mutual understanding and compassion, enjoyment of each other's company, trust, and the ability to be oneself, express one's feelings, and make mistakes without fear of judgment from the friend. 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.

Definition of friend in the English dictionary

The first definition of friend in the dictionary is a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection, and loyalty; an intimate. Other definition of friend is an acquaintance or associate. Friend is also an ally in a fight or cause; supporter.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FRIEND

PRESENT

Present

I friend

you friend

he/she/it friends

we friend

you friend

they friend

Present continuous

I am friending

you are friending

he/she/it is friending

we are friending

you are friending

they are friending

Present perfect

I have friended

you have friended

he/she/it has friended

we have friended

you have friended

they have friended

Present perfect continuous

I have been friending

you have been friending

he/she/it has been friending

we have been friending

you have been friending

they have been friending

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I friended

you friended

he/she/it friended

we friended

you friended

they friended

Past continuous

I was friending

you were friending

he/she/it was friending

we were friending

you were friending

they were friending

Past perfect

I had friended

you had friended

he/she/it had friended

we had friended

you had friended

they had friended

Past perfect continuous

I had been friending

you had been friending

he/she/it had been friending

we had been friending

you had been friending

they had been friending

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will friend

you will friend

he/she/it will friend

we will friend

you will friend

they will friend

Future continuous

I will be friending

you will be friending

he/she/it will be friending

we will be friending

you will be friending

they will be friending

Future perfect

I will have friended

you will have friended

he/she/it will have friended

we will have friended

you will have friended

they will have friended

Future perfect continuous

I will have been friending

you will have been friending

he/she/it will have been friending

we will have been friending

you will have been friending

they will have been friending

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would friend

you would friend

he/she/it would friend

we would friend

you would friend

they would friend

Conditional continuous

I would be friending

you would be friending

he/she/it would be friending

we would be friending

you would be friending

they would be friending

Conditional perfect

I would have friend

you would have friend

he/she/it would have friend

we would have friend

you would have friend

they would have friend

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been friending

you would have been friending

he/she/it would have been friending

we would have been friending

you would have been friending

they would have been friending

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you friend
we let´s friend
you friend

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to friend

Past participle

friended

Present Participle

friending

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FRIEND»

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

synonyms of friend

Achates · add · adherent · advocate · ally · alter ego · associate · backer · benefactor · best friend · boon companion · bosom friend · buddy · china · chum · cobber · companion · comrade · confidant · confidante · crony · E hoa · familiar · follow · homeboy · intimate · main man · mate · pal · partisan · partner · patron · playmate · protagonist · soul mate · sponsor · supporter · well-wisher

TRANSLATION OF FRIEND

Find out the translation of friend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of friend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «friend» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 朋友
• Translator English - Spanish: amigo
• English: friend
• Translator English - Hindi: दोस्त
• Translator English - Arabic: صَدِيق
• Translator English - Russian: друг
• Translator English - Portuguese: amigo
• Translator English - Bengali: বন্ধু
• Translator English - French: ami
• Translator English - Malay: Kawan
• Translator English - German: Freund
• Translator English - Japanese: 友だち
• Translator English - Korean: 친구
• Translator English - Javanese: kanca
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bạn
• Translator English - Tamil: நண்பன்
• Translator English - Marathi: मित्र
• Translator English - Turkish: arkadaş
• Translator English - Italian: amico
• Translator English - Polish: przyjaciel
• Translator English - Ukrainian: друг
• Translator English - Romanian: prieten
• Translator English - Greek: φίλος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vriend
• Translator English - Swedish: vän
• Translator English - Norwegian: venn

10 QUOTES WITH «FRIEND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word friend.

1

Saint Augustine

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

2

Warren Beatty

Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.

3

Pierre Jean de Beranger

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

4

William Blake

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

5

Margaret Bourke-White

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

6

Adam Brown

You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.

7

Carson Daly

A friend of mine - a cameraman at MTV - lost a lot of weight from cycling, and I thought I'd try it, too, thinking whenever you look at a cyclist they all look super-skinny, so hey, why not? But then it turned into such a psychologically satisfying thing.

8

Felicia Day

Whether you're a Twitter follower, a YouTube subscriber or a Facebook friend, natural social instinct is to collect people and to not kind of see them later. But unfortunately, with social media, you collect them and they're in your life, whether you really want them or not.

9

Jeffrey Deitch

I want to use whatever connections to get a super-outstanding Basquiat in the White House. It could be one of mine. It could be something that a friend owns.

10

Fred Durst

That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIEND»

Discover the use of friend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to friend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Best Friends Book

What makes a best friend? Illustrations and brief text describe how best friends treat each other in this bold and quirky book. Full color.

Todd Parr, 2008

500 Reasons Why You're My Best Friend

She's your most dependable ally. These are just some of the characteristics of every woman's best girlfriend. And artist-illustrator Lorraine Bodger deftly describes plenty of others in her list book, 500 Reasons Why You're My Best Friend.

Lorraine Bodger, 2012

My Friend Has Autism

My friend Zack has a disability called autism. But that doesn’t matter to us. We talk about airplanes, build models, and enjoy hanging out at each other’s house. I’m glad Zack is my friend!

Cari Meister, 2010

1,000 Reasons You're My Friend

Just like friendship, this sweet little book is full of joy, beauty, and humor.

Michael Powell, MQ Publications, 2003

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend: A Novel

Imaginary friend Budo narrates this heartwarming story of love, loyalty, and the power of the imagination—the perfect read for anyone who has ever had a friend . . . real or otherwise Budo is lucky as imaginary friends go.

Matthew Dicks, 2012

It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with ...

Perhaps the most important component of this book is the author's compassion.

Richard Lavoie, 2005

Tears of a Friend

Cassie, tired of her prettier, more fashionable best friend Claire's selfcenteredness, quarrels with her, but although she makes other friends, she still worries about Claire's safety at a rowdy party.

Joanna Kenrick, 2008

Thanks for Being My Friend: A Special Book to Celebrate ...

Describes the many ways friends add value to our lives.

Ashley Rice, 2006

Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams

The lively, authoritative, New York Times bestselling biography of Abigail Adams. This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America.

Lynne Withey, 2002

The Friend

And perhaps most notably, he evaluates how the ethics of friendship have evolved over the centuries, from traditional emphases on loyalty, to the Kantian idea of moral benevolence, to the more private and sexualized idea of friendship that ...

Alan Bray, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term friend is used in the context of the following news items.

Nathan Friend pulls off freak pass to land stunning Warriors try …

July 12, 2015: New Zealand hooker Nathan Friend turned gymnast to set up a brilliant Warriors try, leaping to take a bomb and then throwing ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»

Nathan Friend passes while flipping mid-air as Warriors score try of …

Nathan Friend passes while flipping mid-air as Warriors score try of the century ... Nathan Friend delivers a pass while flipping mid-air as the Warriors score a ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»

Karen Danczuk 'tried to set up a honeytrap plot to catch her MP …

According to a friend, Karen, a former councillor, was apparently so desperate for an excuse to leave her 'loveless' marriage, she tried to hatch ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Judge Christopher Easthope should not have been presiding over …

... 15th District Court Judge Christopher Easthope should not have been hearing cases being represented by his attorney friend, Nader Nassif. «MLive.com, Jul 15»

Jakarta emerges as the US's go-to friend

An increasingly powerful Indonesia may supplant Australia in the future as the go-to ally for the US in the Asia-Pacific region, the new report on ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

Impact 3, Crew 0 | Old friend Dominic Oduro helps extend road woes

Home · Sports · Soccer · MLS: Crew. Impact 3, Crew 0 | Old friend Dominic Oduro helps extend road woes. Connect With Us. Facebook · Twitter. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Pakistani uses 5 credit cards to lend childhood friend Dh128k...

The young chartered accountant from Pakistan, Ashraf, says: "My friend was jobless and was looking for openings when he came across an ... «Emirates 24/7, Jul 15»

North girls bare all to support fun-loving friend who was diagnosed …

So far they have completed a 24 hour boxathon, a friend in Dubai did a skydive, another friend in Belfast has hosted a charity night and 55 of ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»

Sunday Q&A: Karlito Towns, invisible friend/imaginary voice of Karl …

Karlito Towns, the imaginary friend of Wolves rookie Karl-Anthony Towns, discusses all things about the No. 1 pick of the 2015 NBA draft. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»

Fresno County throat-slashing victim says friend's jealousy was …

The 20-year-old was a longtime family friend. "When he was attacking me I didn't feel angry; I felt really, really sorry for him because when he ... «ABC30.com, Jul 15»