noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gesture of friendship
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He invited the two men to his house as a gesture of friendship.
an offer of help/support/friendship etc
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Any offers of help would be appreciated.
renew a friendship/acquaintance etc (= become friendly with someone again )
ties of marriage/friendship/blood etc
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The ties of friendship that unite the two countries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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Likewise, close friendships sometimes alter when one friend retires - and not the other.
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Rosen has worked politically for Kennedy since his 1980 presidential primary run and developed a close friendship with the senator.
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Learning to play with other children and to form close friendships with some of them is a vital part of growing up.
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Moses, 24, has a close friendship with Keim, 17, who won her first national title.
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Gimson was a deeply solitary man with a contradictory need for close male friendships .
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But now Joe was more presentable, and he formed a close friendship with both Katharine and Phil Graham.
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Eline envied the close friendship the two so obviously enjoyed.
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Joe and Chip became acquainted through club functions and developed a close friendship .
deep
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Their deep friendship would be lifelong.
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Tracy shows us these friendships subconsciously and shows us a scene of deep friendship.
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His personal character is difficult to fathom, but he had a capacity for deep and long-lasting friendships .
lasting
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Minton introduced him to Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping with whom he formed a lasting friendship .
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I have made lots of lasting friendships along my Guiding road as I have through Medau and think myself lucky.
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Above all, however, is the recurring theme of lasting friendship .
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Social clubs especially for hard-of-hearing people may create lasting friendships and opportunities for service.
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You meet some delightful people and lasting friendships result - being a husband and wife team helps.
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There were many crew changes therefore lasting friendships did not have time to mature.
lifelong
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When it does work, lifelong friendships can be forged with those you might never otherwise have been likely to meet.
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Theirs is a complex and lifelong friendship , even when the tumult of the times separates them for many years.
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Salisbury spoke-with great emotion, almost in tears-of his lifelong friendship .
long
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So began my long friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her writing.
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Much, if not all, of the tone of our long friendship was set that first night.
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That was the start of a long and warm friendship with the Edwards family.
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And in the long run the friendships formed in these social situations can be a powerful force in decision making.
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The ties have always been close and have become stronger during the long years of friendship and co-operation.
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But we had saved the day, and our long friendship .
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She and Justine developed a long distance friendship , cemented by immensely long letters on wafer thin paper.
new
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The Ottoman Empire, meanwhile, sensed the beginning of new friendships .
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Because you are also likely to be valuable to your new acquaintances, friendships develop.
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Joan and Jack enjoy meeting their guests and many breakfasts stretch into the mid-morning as new friendships are made.
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He cherished the new friendships he had made and took pride in the identity he was creating for himself.
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They have less opportunity to make new friendships and tend to depend for companionship on the continuity of longstanding relationships.
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She planned a party to bring this person together with that one, to celebrate a new friendship .
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Yet already they were ungrateful recalcitrant children, escaping from him in all directions, capable of forming new friendships and attachments.
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After the bitterness had gone, they forged a new friendship , but the flames of romance were not rekindled.
old
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This severity of customs was inseparable from the old friendship with Rome.
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However, I still have old close friendships as well as blossoming friendships amongst new women friends.
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These served to establish claims, to recall old friendship , to jog the memory about old times.
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But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships .
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He was not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships .
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I was forgetting your old friendship with George.
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After failing in a rebellion in the hill country, they settled at Delphoi, where they had old family friendships .
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Just an old , sentimental friendship .
personal
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It wasn't long before the personal friendship became a working set-up, too.
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Army officers whose commissions were based on nothing more than a personal friendship with Santa Anna were relieved of their commands.
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Malcolm Wilcox was drawn to Crocker through his personal friendship with its chairman, Thomas Wilcox.
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Although from different ends of the political spectrum, Mr Kohl and Mitterrand enjoyed a long-standing and close personal friendship .
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Yet throughout the narrative, Prost's awareness of the dividing line between professional respect and personal friendship is firmly evident.
real
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Small wonder then, that real friendship for them comes from some one who deep down understands what this involves.
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But it turned into a real good friendship .
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I formed a real friendship with the transvestite man who owned the house where I lived.
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Saying goodbye twice: a sign of real friendship .
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It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey.
warm
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That was the start of a long and warm friendship with the Edwards family.
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A new home I spent a month at Moor House, in an atmosphere of warm friendship .
■ NOUN
treaty
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Included in the friendship treaty was a defence co-operation agreement, covering material provision for the armed forces and officer training.
■ VERB
begin
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So began my long friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her writing.
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Thus began a friendship that-aside from religion and my own family has been my most enriching life experience.
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And so began a friendship that before Ellie knew it had become a courtship.
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In her isolation, she began to doubt her friendships .
develop
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She and Justine developed a long distance friendship , cemented by immensely long letters on wafer thin paper.
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He developed a friendship with Jack Nicklaus, who asked Mulvoy to co-author his first instructional book.
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Personal I am an outgoing, sociable person and make and develop business and ordinary friendships easily.
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Rosen has worked politically for Kennedy since his 1980 presidential primary run and developed a close friendship with the senator.
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Sean had good relationships with some teachers and as he grew older, he developed more friendships .
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Telbis-Preis developed a secret friendship with the diplomats, who would often dote over her young son, Nicolae.
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Alvin also developed a lasting friendship with Duvall, with whom he shared a birthdate.
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Joe and Chip became acquainted through club functions and developed a close friendship .
enjoy
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Goodman was always hard up and enjoyed the friendship and generosity of friends such as Francis Bacon who would help him out.
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It is evident that many Volunteers enjoy close friendships with some of their students in and outside the classroom.
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The Prince could relax, be himself and simply enjoy her friendship .
establish
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What benefits might there be from establishing a friendship with the aliens?
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He feels the nomadic lifestyle contributed to a shyness which has made it difficult for him to establish close friendships ever since.
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They establish transcultural friendships and come not only to accept but to enjoy their experiences.
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I never established anything like a friendship with him, but our paths did cross from time to time.
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The banter was an excellent sign that the crew were very willing to establish solid cooperation and friendship based on mutual tolerance.
extend
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That bossy controlling outlook also extends to friendships .
forge
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Hardly enough time to forge a friendship before getting down to business.
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After the bitterness had gone, they forged a new friendship , but the flames of romance were not rekindled.
form
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I formed a real friendship with the transvestite man who owned the house where I lived.
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But now Joe was more presentable, and he formed a close friendship with both Katharine and Phil Graham.
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Minton introduced him to Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping with whom he formed a lasting friendship .
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QueequegOne of the harpooners who forms a friendship with Ishmael.
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Learning to play with other children and to form close friendships with some of them is a vital part of growing up.
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Then as the foal matures, it will form friendships with other horses and develop affection for them too.
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She had even formed friendships with the cook and the two maidservants.
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But he had not yet formed any firm friendships .
keep
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Why not just keep the friendship going?
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She and Laura continued to keep up their friendship through frequent telephone calls and meeting for lunch at least once a month.
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Roy knew that Michael kept up a friendship with them.
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She kept her friendship with us secret.
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We hope you are proud of your university and we hope to keep your friendship as we plan its future.
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When they met at parties Nigel continued to keep up a surface friendship .
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These days, I only play rock to keep up friendships and meet the new generation.
maintain
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Diana later realized that Camilla saw Charles's love of hunting as a conduit to maintaining her own friendship .
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And of course we have to maintain friendships with all blocs.
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Some wanted to maintain long-term friendships , having known each other from school or college.
offer
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He offered his friendship to no one.
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If Sofia ever felt safe enough to offer friendship again, he decided, friendship would be enough for him.
renew
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It also renewed her interrupted friendship with Alix.
strike
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He and Matthew struck up a friendship - they had something in common; their attitude to life.
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At that time Worsley, who is married to Moody, had also struck up a friendship with Nance.
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Alone and friendless, she had struck up a casual friendship with Dermot as he showed her Dublin.
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Peggy and James strike up a friendship .
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Eleanor wrote back wittily and they struck up a friendship .
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He appeared to have struck up a useful friendship with the minister for industry, Sean McEntee, among others.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
presume on/upon sb's friendship/generosity etc
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I will not presume upon your friendship any further.
strike up a friendship/relationship/conversation etc
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At that time Worsley, who is married to Moody, had also struck up a friendship with Nance.
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Besides, Anna had struck up a conversation with a young girl who'd been swimming in the pool.
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Demonstrators will attempt to surround the police, strike up conversations and present them with letters.
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Eleanor wrote back wittily and they struck up a friendship.
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He struck up a conversation, first asking his name.
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He and Matthew struck up a friendship - they had something in common; their attitude to life.
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Others prefer to strike up a conversation with table mates.
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Peggy and James strike up a friendship.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bernstein's visit to Copland's studio led to a friendship between the two composers.
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I had no close friendships with other boys at school.
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In his speech, Irving talked about the importance of friendship and loyalty.
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Our friendship developed quickly over the weeks that followed.
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Our marriage is based on friendship , love, and trust.
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We didn't see each other much during that time, but our friendship remained strong.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, I feel sure she values her friendship with me enough to play it our way.
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Now the woman is hoping to raise over £100,000 by selling souvenirs of her friendship .
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On the other hand, did he need their friendship enough to risk his safety?
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Right from childhood, he had recognized that these great beasts had potential for almost limitless friendship and loyalty.
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Strong friendship takes time to build.
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The atmosphere is relaxed and convivial and friendships are often forged after dinner in the lounge.
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Through it all, the ties of friendship prove stronger than wildly varied personal agendas and abject stupidity.