(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a relationship between two or more friends.
She struck up a close ~ with Desiree during the week of rehearsals...
After seven years of ~, she still couldn’t tell when he was kidding.
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2.
You use ~ to refer in a general way to the state of being friends, or the feelings that friends have for each other.
...a hobby which led to a whole new world of ~ and adventure.
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3.
Friendship is a relationship between two countries in which they help and support each other.
The President set the targets for the future to promote ~ with East Europe...
= goodwill
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