friendship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: frĕn(d)'shĭp
ipa: /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
Forms: form: friendships
Etymology: From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: 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:
ref: 1570, William Lambard, quoting Horace, A Perambulation of Kent, published 1596, page 341:
text: We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
ref: 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] , volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, page 181:
text: Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
ref: 1960, C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves, HarperCollins, published 2010, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: “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.”
ref: 2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: The condition of being friends.
examples: text: “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.”
ref: 2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN:
text: In good times and bad, in sickness and health, the benefits of friendships between women are physically and psychologically undeniable.
ref: 2024 August 4, Terry Ward, “Fragile and complex, female friendships hinge on the three S’s, a new book says”, in CNN:
glosses: A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
glosses: Good will.
Synonyms: sense: being friends
word: chumship
sense: friendly relationship
word: entente cordiale
word: amity
word: closeness
word: fellowship
word: friendhood
word: friendship
word: mateship
Hypernyms: word: relationship
word: union
Hyponyms: word: boyfriendhood
word: girlfriendhood
Derived terms: word: affectionate friendship
word: Amish friendship bread
word: cyberfriendship
word: friendship bench
word: friendship book
word: friendship bracelet
word: friendship centre
word: friendshipful
word: friendshipless
word: friendshiplike
word: friendshiply
word: friendshipped
word: friendshipper
word: friendshipping
word: friendshippish
word: friendshipish
word: friendship plant
word: friendshippy
word: friendshipy
word: friendship store
word: Friendship Village Resources
word: guest-friendship
word: guestfriendship
english: passionate friendship
translation: passionate friendship
word: romantic friendship
word: unfriendship
Related terms: friending
mateship