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Friendship

//ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Knox County, Maine.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Emmet County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Allegany County, New York.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Jackson County, Oklahoma.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood in east Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marion County, South Carolina.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Crockett County, Tennessee.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Trinity County, Texas.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Virginia.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A village, the county seat of Adams County, Wisconsin.
  17. 22
    A town in Coronie District, Suriname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being friends. uncountable

    "But (as the Poet ſaith) Malè ſarta gratia, nequicquam coit, & reſcinditur: Friendſhip, that is but euill peeced, will not ioine cloſe, but falleth aſunder againe:"

  2. 2
    the state of being friends (or friendly) wordnet
  3. 3
    A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends. countable

    "“They’re cuddling by the fire, they’re going on trips together, they’re introducing their friends to their family, but they’re very clear that those are friendships,” Stinson said. “It really makes me think about the definitions that we have about friendship and romance, and how those things differ, and I just like how messy it all is.”"

  4. 4
    Good will. uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend + -ship.

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