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Definition: Friend |
FriendNoun1. A person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university". 2. An associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers". 3. A person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family". 4. A person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library". 5. A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "friend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Friend Relationship between classes in the language C++. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Biographical Satire | FRIEND, A., the scarcest thing on earth. A rare visitor, but he came around a few times in a lifetime. F. was glad to know of your success, pitied you in your failures, and shook you by the hand when you were down and out. Never borrowed money, but he frequently lent it. Was a wise counsellor. Very popular. His name was frequently given the baby (see Mischief). Ambition: The other fellow's welfare. Recreation: At the other fellow's house. Address: The other fellow's house or his own. Clubs: All. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of friends being well and happy, denotes pleasant tidings of them, or you will soon see them or some of their relatives. To see your friend troubled and haggard, sickness or distress is upon them. To see your friends dark-colored, denotes unusual sickness or trouble to you or to them. To see them take the form of animals, signifies that enemies will separate you from your closest relations. To see your friend who dresses in somber colors in flaming red, foretells that unpleasant things will transpire, causing you anxiety if not loss, and that friends will be implicated. To dream you see a friend standing like a statue on a hill, denotes you will advance beyond present pursuits, but will retain former impressions of justice and knowledge, seeking these through every change. If the figure below be low, you will ignore your friends of former days in your future advancement. If it is on a plane or level with you, you will fail in your ambition to reach other spheres. If you seem to be going from it, you will force yourself to seek a change in spite of friendly ties or self-admonition. To dream you see a friend with a white cloth tied over his face, denotes that you will be injured by some person who will endeavor to keep up friendly relations with you. To dream that you are shaking hands with a person who has wronged you, and he is taking his departure and looks sad, foretells you will have differences with a close friend and alienation will perhaps follow. You are most assuredly nearing loss of some character. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Friend (A). The second in a duel, as "Name your friend," "Captain B. acted as his friend." "Mr. Baillie was to have acted as Disraeli's friend, if there had been a duel between that statesman and Daniel O'Connell." - Newspaper paragraph (December, 1885). Better kinde frend than fremd kinde (motto of the Waterton family) means "better kind friend (i.e. neighbour) than a kinsman who dwells in foreign parts." Probably it is Prov. xxvii. 10, "Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother far off." In which case fremd would be = stranger. Better a kind friend than a kinsman who is a stranger. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | Hungarian (haver ). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Friend is a city located in Saline County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,174.Geography
Friend is located at 40°39'8" North, 97°17'9" West (40.652095, -97.285731)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,174 people, 475 households, and 326 families residing in the city. The population density is 566.6/km² (1,473.4/mi²). There are 516 housing units at an average density of 249.0/km² (647.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.64% White, 0.00% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 475 households out of which 29.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% are married couples living together, 4.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% are non-families. 29.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.36 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 26.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $34,833, and the median income for a family is $40,667. Males have a median income of $32,946 versus $17,829 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,422. 6.8% of the population and 4.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.3% are under the age of 18 and 6.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Friend, Nebraska."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The phrase personal relationship characterises some sort of connection between two or more people; or possibly between a person and an animal.
It includes:
A friend of a friend of someone may well be a friend of him or her, there is some transitivity. However, if two people have a sexual relationship with the same person, they may well be competitors rather than friends. Accordingly, sexual behavior with the sexual partner of a friend may well damage the friendship.
- Marriage, civil union
- A loving relationship or romantic relationship with or without living together; the other person is called lover, boyfriend or girlfriend (not to be confused with "just" a male or female friend) or significant other; there is usually sexual behavior, but often in the beginning only limited forms of that. If the partners live together the relationship may be similar to marriage, and the other person may be called husband or wife, and regarded as such in common law. The term sexual relationship may be used, even if it involves more than sexual behavior, if the latter is perceived as the most important distinction from friendship. "Mistress" is a somewhat old fashioned term for a female lover of a man who is married to another woman, or of an unmarried man. She may even be an official mistress (in French maitresse en titre); an example is Madame de Pompadour.
- A sexual relationship in the more literal sense: one that mainly involves sex.
- Friendship
- Acquaintanceship
- Family tie, being relatives, kinship, biological relationship
- Brotherhood and Sisterhood
In a marriage or loving/sexual relationship there is often, but not always, an implicit or explicit agreement that the partners will not have sex with someone else. The extent to which physical intimacy with other people is accepted may vary. For example, a man may accept more physical intimacy between his wife and a female friend of her than if it is a male friend. (See also jealousy.)
The rise of individualism and of psychology may have led to the explosion of concern about one's personal relationships (or, in popular parlance, simply: "relationships"). Modern popular culture expects relationships to exist and to become laden with depth and meaningfulness. Pair-bonded sexual relationships receive particular attention in this context, but sociology recognises many other inter-personal links of greater or less duration and/or significance.
See also:
- Adultery (infidelity, unfaithfulness)
- Concubinage
- Dating
- Monogamy
- Polygamy, bigamy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Personal relationship."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FRIEND | English | Financial Regulations,Instructions,Explanations,Notes and Directives | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FriendSynonyms: acquaintance (n), admirer (n), ally (n), booster (n), champion (n), protagonist (n), supporter (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: foe (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute. |
Auxiliary | Votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel. |
Friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius. | |
Ally; friend; confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego. | |
Deputy | Noun: deputy,Noun: deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary. |
Detractor | Defamer, backbiter, slanderer, Sir Benjamin Backbite, lampooner, satirist, traducer, libeler, calumniator, dawplucker, Thersites; Zoilus; good-natured friend; reviler, vituperator, castigator; shrew; muckraker. |
Discount | Adverb: at a discount, below par; at wholesale; have a friend in the business. |
Enemy | Phrase: every hand being against one; " he makes no friend who never made a foe ". |
Noun: enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent; back friend. | |
Friend | Phrase: amici probantur rebus adversis; ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund; " best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness "; conocidos muchos amigos pocos; " friend more divine than all divinities "; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo. |
Noun: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus; usque ad aras; fidus Achates; persona grata. | |
Favorer, fautor, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need; (auxiliary). | |
Comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade, confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow. | |
Observance | Phrase: ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi; tempori parendum; "to God, thy country, and thy friend be true". |
Pity | Sympathizer; advocate, friend, partisan, patron, wellwisher. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Friend |
| English words defined with "friend": best friend. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "friend": Better kind Friend, etc, Bosom Friend ♦ Codlin's your Friend, not Short ♦ Friend in Need, Friend of Man ♦ Nero's Friend. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "friend": Unfriend. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Friend" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Pidgin English (friend). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | She's not your friend. She's just someone you use to feel good about yourself (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) On this one night those cries belonged to my friend John, when guard Ferguson paid him a visit (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) You need a stallion, my friend. Walk with us, and you walk tall (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) I do know this: Kevin would trade it all for a chance to be normal, to have a friend, and to do what other kids do. Max Casey has given that chance (The Mighty; writing credit: Charles Leavitt. Based on the novel 'Freak the Mighty' by Rodman Philbrick.) He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend. (Unforgiven; writing credit: David Webb Peoples.) | |
Lyrics | Ah, you're my best friend (My Best Friend; performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) And need a friend (Anytime You Need a Friend; performing artist: Mariah Carey) You're telling me I'm just a friend (Just A Friend; performing artist: Mario) Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had (You're My Best Friend; performing artist: QUEEN; writing credit: John Deacon) There's more, honestly, than my sweet friend, you can see. (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs) | |
Clever | When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend. (references; author: Mark Twain) Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. (references; author: Groucho Marx) A friend to all is a friend to none. (references; author: unknown) Every good friend was once a stranger. (references; author: unknown) I was the next door kid's imaginary friend. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Columbo: A Friend in Deed (1974) The Childhood Friend (1974) My Friend Caveira (1970) Friend of the Young One (1965) A Friend in Tweed (1964) | |
Song Titles | A Woman, A Lover, A Friend (performing artist: Jackie Wilson) You've Got a Friend (performing artist: James Taylor) My Best Friend (performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) WHENEVER I CALL YOU FRIEND (performing artist: KENNY LOGGINS) Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend (performing artist: Lobo) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This 20 year old male wore a jersey previously worn by a friend who had been vaccinated. He inoculated himself in 36 places on his shoulder and face. Credit: CDC. |  | Budd Christman and a new friend - a ribbon seal pup, Phoca fasciata. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | Joseph Henry - first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Political ally and friend of Alexander Dallas Bache. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren Served with Coast Survey in 1830's Only naval officer to ever head triangulation party Remained a lifelong friend of Ferdinand Hassler. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | "Mount Rainier from the south Part of Admiralty Inlet." Mount Rainier was named "after my friend Rear Admiral Rainier." In: "A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World" by Captain George Vancouver. Volume I, Plate III, page 268. Library Call Number G420 .V22 1798. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Missouri poultry producers and their feline friend check the contents of a poultry litter composter, which protects the environment and supplies nutrients for grassland. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Adopted horse with a Friend. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | A Friend with an adopted Horse. Credit: Merv Coleman. |
 | Spend Time with a Friend who has AIDs Poster. |  | The Two Happiest Men Alive : A Friend in need is a Friend indeed / [William Heath]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "A friend..." by Eugenio Attard Commentary: "Black and white photo of an italian guy." | "My friend the camel" by Yvan Lagarrigue Commentary: "Always the camel, look at this fantastic smile !." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Baltasar Gracian | A friend is a gift you give yourself. |
Cicero | A friend is, as it were, a second self. |
George Herbert | The best mirror is an old friend. |
Henry Brooks Adams | A friend in power is a friend lost. |
Hipparchus | Never deceive a friend. |
Publilius Syrus | We die as often as we lose a friend. |
Thomas Fuller | A good friend is my nearest relation. |
Thomas Gray | A favorite has no friend! |
Titus Maccius Plautus | Ones oldest friend is the best. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | A man may owe honour and respect to an ancient, or wise man; defence to his child or friend; relief and support to the distressed; and gratitude to a benefactor, to such a degree, that all he has, all he can do, cannot sufficiently pay it: but all these give no authority, no right to any one, of making laws over him from whom they are owing. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | I was a high minister at the time of the Versailles Treaty and a close friend of Mr. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She introduced him to her friend, Miss Smith, and, at convenient moments afterwards, heard what each thought of the other |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | So she tucked it away under her arm, that it might not escape again, and went back to have a little more conversation with her friend. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognise his enemy when the latter actually appeared |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | By the way, my friend, when you come again, you need not come through the garden |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Friend is torn apart from friend, children are torn from their parents, husbands from their wives |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | Keep this in mind, it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate, and quickly |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He offered himself and a friend to accompany me, and that I should be provided with a small convenient barque for the voyage |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Before I had done I was more the friend than the foe of the pine tree, though I had cut down some of them, having become better acquainted with it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You may want to take a friend or relative along when you talk to the doctor. (references) | |
Many people donate a kidney for transplantation to a family member or friend. (references) | ||
Those with driver's permits may want to go to the clinic alone or with a friend. (references) | ||
Business | Participation in the community type or friend type of reading clubs has made tremendous progress in Taiwanese society in the past three years. (references) | |
Non-Service specific requirements include spare parts for engineering equipment and tools, test equipment for upgrading depot support of all U.S. systems listed above, and an integrated identification friend or foe (IFF) system for all branches of the Egyptian armed forces. (references) | ||
The software parks are Tsinghua (Qinghua) Software Park, China Academy of Science Software Park, Shangdi Park, Beijing University Qingniao Software Park, CS&S Software Park, Beijing Founder Software Park. The major enterprises includes Taiji Computer, Chinese Academy of Science, Kaisi Group, Beijing Clever Education Software Company, User's Friend Group, Stone Group, Beijing Hope Computer Company, Tsinghua Ziguang Group, Tsinghua Tongfang Group, China National Computer Software and Technology Service Corporation, Beijing Nantian Information Engineering Company, CAS Software Institute Software Industry Group, Legend Group, Beida Qingniao, and China Daheng Group. (references) | ||
Children | Dominican Republic | In the majority of the cases, the accused is a person close to the child: A father, grandfather, uncle, brother, cousin, or close family friend. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Turkey | More arrived after renewed fighting in June and July, and approximately 3,000 to 4,000 Macedonians were in the country as of the end of August, living with friend, or relatives. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | On June 20, two unknown men entered the house of Tape Koulou, the founder of the extremist daily Le National, and shot and killed his elder sister, Tape Ziadou Madeleine, and a friend of the family, Takore Clovis Desire. (references) | |
Economic History | Iceland | U.S. policy aims to maintain close, cooperative relations with Iceland, both as a NATO ally and as a friend interested in the shared objectives of enhancing world peace, respect for human rights, arms control, and economic development. (references) |
Human Rights | Chad | Souleyman's friend was injured seriously and evacuated to Faya hospital. (references) |
Honduras | In February police were seen detaining the son of a Potrerillos, Cortes department, mayoral candidate and his friend. (references) | |
Political Economy | Bahamas | Perry G. Christie, a friend and former law partner of Ingraham, leads the opposition center-left Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). Since the March 1997 general elections, the FNM has held 35 seats in the 40-member house of assembly, with the other 4 held by the PLP and one by the newly formed Coalition for Democratic Reform. (references) |
Political Rights | Venezuela | Faced with the prospect of a chaotic and contested election, the CNE decided at the last minute to serve as a friend of the court in a pending suit by two NGO's before the Supreme Court seeking delay of the election. (references) |
Trade | Norway | This may be a friend, a company, a lawyer, an individual, or one of the many private patent offices. (references) |
Travel | Philippines | To a Filipino, cultivating a friend, establishing a valuable contact and developing personal rapport are what make business wheels turn. (references) |
Vietnam | An introduction from a mutual friend, acquaintance or known business associate before initial contact can help alleviate some of the problems that arise in initial correspondence or meetings. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ghana | For example, a friend often is called a "cousin," and an older woman an "aunt," even if there is no blood relation. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes; males, females and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Beth Veglahn | Well, he was at work, and I decided enough was enough. And a friend of mine and my brother helped me move out in the middle of the night. |
Cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | This friend wondered if you're not doing anything, you know, Saturday night, if you would like to have dinner. At her place. |
Dennis Quaid | Very similar, I got to say. My son's my best friend. And that's what I brought to the party. Jim is that way, too. The guy I play. He's that kind of dad. Then they also had the relationship between him and his own father, which is not so great. |
James Dobson | Prayer to me is an outgrowths of a relationship. It's not ritual. It's not just chants. I'm talking to God. I'm talking to him as a friend and the amazing thing is he listens to me and to others who pray. |
John Kerry | Some of them to my best friends, literally my best friend at college, a couple of my best friends in Vietnam, and high school friends. They're there. And I go down and visit. I think we all do. |
Mariane Pearl | So the next day when he evidently had been kidnapped, we had all police coming into our place. Danny and I were visiting a friend Astra in Karachi. And so all the police came. So they were from all different agencies, intelligence agencies. |
Mike Medavoy | I didn't see Marlon when he was on the movie, but, you know, he's a very good friend of mine, and I say that, you know, I'm proud of my friendship with him. And, you know, everything that was said about him is not necessarily true. |
Rosemary Clooney | Sure, wonderful singer. Anyway Billie and Tony were really close friends so when I met her, she kind of made that association and was a very good friend of mine and was nice to me. And so she is my first daughter's godmother. |
Rosie O'Donnell | You know what, I have to say that Elmo's good friend Kevin is one of the most talented men I've met in show business. I think it is brilliant, that whole character, that whole thing, it is brilliant. |
Senator Patrick Leahy | I'd hold a hearing. We'd have a completely fair hearing. Justice Scalia is a longtime personal friend. We'd have that hearing, and I'd determine after the hearing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | You and I, my dear friend, have been sent into life at a time when the greatest lawgivers of antiquity would have wished to live. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | In the event of a disagreement between the commissioners it was provided that they should make reports to their several Governments, and that the reports should finally be referred to the decision of a sovereign the common friend of both. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | That act of justice would well accord with the character of Spain, and is due to the United States from their ancient friend. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I have been assisted by my friend every step of the way, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | On the international scene, we had an uncomfortable feeling that we'd lost the respect of friend and foe. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But even in the midst of celebration, we must keep caution as a friend. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | America is a friend to the people of Iraq. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Friend" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Friend" is used about 16,845 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.9% | 16,828 | 553 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16,845 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "friend" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Friend | Last name | 7,000 | 1,930 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "friend". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Theophila | N/A | Ancient Greek | Friend of God |
| Ragau | N/A | Biblical | Friend |
| Raguel | N/A | Biblical | Friend of God |
| Raham | N/A | Biblical | A friend |
| Rei | N/A | Biblical | My friend |
| Reu | N/A | Biblical | His friend |
| Reuel | N/A | Biblical | The shepherd or friend of God |
| Theophilus | N/A | Biblical | Friend of God |
| Théophile | N/A | French | Friend of God |
| Teofilo | N/A | Italian | Friend of God |
| Teofil | N/A | Polish | Friend of God |
| Teofilo | N/A | Portuguese | Friend of God |
| Teofilo | N/A | Spanish | Friend of God |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| Japan | Sakura Friend Securities |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Friend, KS 2. Friend, NE (city, FIPS 17775) 3. Friend, OR |
Expressions using "friend": A friend ♦ a friend at court ♦ a friend in court ♦ a friend in need is a friend indeed ♦ a friend of mine ♦ a friend of old ♦ a friend of ours ♦ a friend of theirs ♦ a friend of yours ♦ a staunch friend ♦ a tried friend ♦ back friend ♦ be a friend of smth. ♦ be friend with ♦ best friend ♦ bosom friend ♦ boy friend ♦ boyhood friend ♦ childhood friend ♦ close friend ♦ closest friend ♦ consider smb. as friend ♦ count smb. one's friend ♦ dear friend ♦ fair friend ♦ faithful friend ♦ false friend ♦ fast friend ♦ female friend ♦ friend at court ♦ friend for life ♦ friend in need ♦ friend of the court ♦ Friend Virus ♦ gentleman friend ♦ girl friend ♦ go back on a friend ♦ great friend ♦ have a friend in the business ♦ i am in bad with my friend ♦ identification friend or foe ♦ identification friend system ♦ keep friend with ♦ lady friend ♦ miss a friend ♦ mouth friend ♦ mutual friend ♦ my friend ♦ my good friend ♦ neither friend nor foe ♦ next friend ♦ old friend ♦ pen friend ♦ personal friend ♦ quondam friend of mine ♦ seeming friend ♦ sometime friend ♦ special friend ♦ stand smb.'s friend ♦ Trencher friend ♦ true friend ♦ valued friend ♦ very best friend ♦ very close friend ♦ very dear friend of mine ♦ whose friend is he? ♦ your friend. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "friend": friend-cum-mentor, friend-engineered, friend-for-life, friend-of-a-friend, friend-or-foe, Friend-smiths, friend-we. | |
Ending with "friend": boy-friend, girl-friend, lady-friend. | |
Containing "friend": un-friend-li-ness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
adult friend finder | 20,793 | forever friend | 621 |
friend | 17,358 | old friend | 543 |
i friend | 5,076 | lost friend | 390 |
musician friend | 4,464 | pen friend | 366 |
friend reunited | 3,406 | circle of friend | 363 |
friend finder | 2,753 | adult friend finder.com | 357 |
best friend | 2,684 | adult friend | 355 |
find a friend | 1,869 | find old friend | 339 |
teddy bear friend | 1,710 | friend tv | 336 |
friend poem | 1,674 | graduation friend forever | 282 |
friend happy tree | 1,495 | thomas and friend | 281 |
friend quote | 1,247 | fox and friend | 280 |
friend hanging | 1,207 | fertility friend | 278 |
best friend poem | 1,080 | barney and friend | 277 |
man best friend | 795 | friend picture | 269 |
friend tv show | 787 | just friend | 264 |
girl friend | 773 | my best friend wedding | 255 |
best friend quote | 716 | denver dumb friend league | 250 |
friend quiz | 715 | animal friend | 241 |
pooh friend | 644 | friend trivia | 230 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "friend"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vriend, vriendin. (various references) | |
Albanian | shok (bedfellow, brother, buddy, buddy buddy, chap, companion, companion in arms, Comrade, fellow, guy, mate, pal, pard, partner, peer), mik (boy, boyfriend, buddy, buddy buddy, chap, crony, friendly, mate, pal). (various references) | |
Arabic | نصير (adherent, ally, booster, proponent, proselyte, protagonist, souteneur, sponsor), زميل (associate, buddy, bully, chum, compatriot, fellow, mate), صادق (befriend, bona fide, chum, endorse, genuine, honest, indorse, plain spoken, real, sanction, sincere, true, truthful, unaffected, unfeigned, veracious, whole-hearted), صديق (associate, brother, mate, pal, veracious), الصاحبي عضو من جماعة المهتزين, الرفيق (bedfellow), آزر (go for smb.), رفيق (associate, billyboy, boy friend, brush, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, consort, escort, familiar, fellow, helpmate, lenient, mate, pal, pard, partner, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow). (various references) | |
Aymara | masi. (various references) | |
Basque | lagun. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | itákkaa. (various references) | |
Breton | mignonez. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | квакер (quaker), колега (associate, colleague, compatriot, fellow, fellow worker, mate), приятелка (cummer, date, girl friend), приятел (butty, chum, date, fellow, pal, sidekick), доброжелател (well wisher). (various references) | |
Catalan | amic. (various references) | |
Chinese | 朋友 . (various references) | |
Cornish | cothman. (various references) | |
Croatian | prijatelja. (various references) | |
Czech | přítel (boy friend, companion), kamarád (boyfriend, buddy, chum, Comrade, crony, fellow, lad, mate, old boy, pal, sport). (various references) | |
Danish | ven, veninde. (various references) | |
Dutch | vriendin (lover), vriend (lover). (various references) | |
Esperanto | amiko, amikino. (various references) | |
Estonian | sõpra. (various references) | |
Faeroese | vinur, vinkona. (various references) | |
Farsi | یاری نمودن , یار (Adjunct, Adjutant, Billy, Buddy, Chummy, Helper, Helpmate, Mistress, Pal, Paramour, Partner, Playmate, Sweetheart, Turtledove, Yokefellow), رفیق (Associate, Billy, Boyfriend, Buddy, Comate, Comrade, Fere, Mate, Peer, Tenuous, Yokefellow), دوست کردن , دوست (Ally, Amicable, Chum, |
