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{
"term": "friendship",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a relationship between friends",
"sensetop": "friendship with somebodyfriendship between A and B",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They formed a **close friendship** at college."
},
{
"text": "a lasting/lifelong friendship"
},
{
"text": "to forge/develop/cultivate a friendship"
},
{
"text": "He seemed to have already struck up *(= begun)* a friendship with Jo.",
"contextForm": "friendship with somebody"
},
{
"text": "It's the story of an extraordinary friendship between a boy and a seal.",
"contextForm": "friendship between A and B"
},
{
"text": "Friendships need time to develop."
},
{
"text": "He finds it difficult to make lasting friendships."
},
{
"text": "He's keen on cultivating his friendship with the Edwards family."
},
{
"text": "How can you let such a silly incident ruin your friendship?"
},
{
"text": "It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendships."
},
{
"text": "It will be a pleasure to renew our friendship."
},
{
"text": "Their affair had started out as an innocent friendship."
},
{
"text": "Their quarrel meant the end of a beautiful friendship."
},
{
"text": "friendships formed while she was at college"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "firm", "good"],
"verb + friendship": ["build", "develop", "establish"],
"friendship + verb": ["develop", "grow", "begin"],
"preposition": ["friendship between", "friendship with"],
"phrases": [
"bonds of friendship",
"ties of friendship",
"the hand of friendship"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the feeling or relationship that friends have; the state of being friends",
"sensetop": "friendship for somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Your friendship is very important to me."
},
{
"text": "a conference to promote international friendship"
},
{
"text": "It was largely out of friendship for him that I agreed to come to Turin.",
"contextForm": "friendship for somebody"
},
{
"text": "He extended the hand of friendship towards his former enemy."
},
{
"text": "He was jealous of the friendship between his wife and daughters."
},
{
"text": "In a gesture of friendship she invited them to her wedding."
},
{
"text": "Please accept this gift as a token of our friendship."
},
{
"text": "We hope the spirit of friendship and cooperation between our countries will remain strong."
},
{
"text": "They made vows of eternal friendship to each other."
},
{
"text": "She offended them by turning down their offer of friendship."
},
{
"text": "The ties of friendship between us will never be broken."
},
{
"text": "He betrayed our friendship by revealing my secret to his cousin."
},
{
"text": "We cemented our friendship with a beer."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "firm", "good"],
"verb + friendship": ["build", "develop", "establish"],
"friendship + verb": ["develop", "grow", "begin"],
"preposition": ["friendship between", "friendship with"],
"phrases": [
"bonds of friendship",
"ties of friendship",
"the hand of friendship"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfrendʃɪp/",
"audio": "fr/friendship/friendship__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfrendʃɪp/",
"audio": "fr/friendship/friendship__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English frēondscipe (see friend, -ship)."
}