friend
suomi-englanti sanakirjafriend englannista suomeksi
frendi, ystävä, kaveri
suosija, tukija
friend englanniksi
Friend
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
(quote-text)|volume=I
1917, Richard M. Gummere translating (w) as ''(w)'', Loeb Classical Library, Vol. I, letters to Lucilius/Letter 3|No. 3:
- ...if you consider any man a friend whom you do not trust as you trust yourself, you are mightily mistaken and you do not sufficiently understand what true friendship means.
1923, William Armistead Falconer translating (w) as ''De Amicitia'', Loeb Classical Library, Vol. XX, p. 34:
- ...he who looks upon a true friend, looks, as it were, upon a sort of image of himself. Wherefore friends, though absent, are at hand; though in need, yet abound; though weak, are strong; and—harder saying still—though dead, are yet alive; so great is the esteem on the part of their friends, the tender recollection and the deep longing that still attends them.
1927 Mar. 31, (w), letter to (w):
- ...you are my devoted friend too. You do more and work harder and oh shit I'd get maudlin about how damned swell you are. My god I'd like to see you... You're a hell of a good guy.
1933 Dec. 12, (w), "On Broadway", ''Scranton Republican'', p. 5:
- Definition of a friend: One who walks in—when the rest of the world walks out.
(ux)
An associate who provides assistance.
A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
{{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-21|author=Oliver Burkeman
(coi)
A person who backs or supports something.
An object or idea that can be used for good.
(n-g)
A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
(quote-book)
{{quote-text|en|year=1995|title=Rock Climbing Basics
A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
(RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost)
{{quote-text|en|year=1813|author=Samuel Foote|title=The Commissary, Etc.|page=17
{{quote-text|en|year=1975|author=Janis Ian|title=In the Winter
''Friends agree best at a distance.''
''Make friends of framet folk.''
1895, Crockett, ''Bog-Myrtle'', 232:
- He was not a drop's blood to me, though him and my wife were far-out friends.
(ng)
(syn)
''Meanwhile on ''The View'', Whoopi Goldberg and friends continue to issue forced apologies for their assumptive comments regarding non-profit organisation Turning Point USA...''
To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
{{quote-text|en|year=1596|author=Edmund Spenser|title=The Faerie Queene|section=IV.ii
{{quote-text|en|year=1896|author=Alfred Edward Housman|title=A Shropshire Lad|section=LXII
To add (a person) to a list of friends on a networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.
(ant)
{{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Kevin Farnham; Dale G. Farnham|title=Myspace Safety: 51 Tips for Teens And Parents|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t0ykIJl4oAEC&pg=PA69&dq=%22friend+someone%22&sig=ACfU3U07tfwMQUkPDjT1RSxhAX6wgSJG6w|page=69|publisher=How-To Primers|isbn=0977883353
(l) (zh-mw)
{{zh-x|我 個 fr{}i{}end{1} 話：「唔 會 衰 嘅，邊 有 咁 容易 吖，世界 咁 多 人 死 又 唔 見 你 去 死。」|My friend said, "It's not gonna go wrong. It's not that easy go wrong. There are so many people in the world, and I don't see you dying."|C|ref=2008, (lang) (Jessica Li), (lang) (''Theft and delinquency: juvenile crime prevention theories and practice''), page 180
{{zh-x|我 個 fr{}i{}end{1} 叫 我 去 佢 屋企{kei2} 坐 吓{haa5}，但 又 唔 話 我 知 佢 女友 喺度，搞到 我 變 咗 做 電燈膽。|When my friend invited me to hang out at his house but he didn't tell me that his girlfriend would be there too, he made me a third wheel.|C|ref=2016, (lang), (lang), page 101
(quote-journal)
in a close or friendly relationship
(quote-song)
- {{zh-q|實行{hang4} 用 㗎{gaa4}文{man4-2} 跟 佢 fr{}i{}end{1} 吓|Used a bit of Japanese to try and make friends with her|C
(alt form)
(inflection of)