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# friendship

«friendship» in Mova's school dictionary: **The relationship between friends: liking each other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a friendship, friendships; friendship — uncountable for the idea)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The relationship between friends: liking each other, trusting each other, and enjoying time together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#m1)

2) The feeling of being friendly and kind to someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In personal and social education, friendship means being kind, sharing, listening, keeping promises and saying sorry. Good friendships are fair; true friends do not make you feel bad or pressure you into unsafe things. Friendships can change, and you can make new friends. In stories, friendship is often a big theme, like Charlotte and Wilbur in "Charlotte's Web". Phrases: "a close friendship", "make a friendship", "friendship bracelet", "start/end a friendship", "friendship group".

### examples

- Their friendship began on the first day of school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x1)
- We made friendship bracelets for each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x2)
- A good friendship needs trust and kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x3)
- The story is about the friendship between a boy and a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x4)
- Sharing your snack is a sign of friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x5)
- Our friendship grew stronger after we worked together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x6)
- Sometimes friendships change, and that's okay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x7)
- The two countries signed a treaty of friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x8)
- Misfortune is the test of true friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/#x9)

### note

Spelling: friend + ship (the "i before e" in friend: f-r-i-e-n-d). The ending -ship means a state or relationship, as in membership, partnership, leadership. Countable for a particular relationship ("two friendships"), uncountable for the idea ("friendship matters").

### In the corpora

- [Date night is when a couple goes out together, just the two of them, which keeps their friendship strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/5/)
- [In November 2019 Prince Andrew stepped back from public duties after a BBC interview about his friendship with a man convicted of serious crimes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/22/)
- [Banded mongooses pick ticks off warthogs lying down; a friendship where both sides gain is called mutualism.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/14/)
- [In real life that is a hunt, not a friendship, and both animals are only doing what keeps them alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits/4/)
- [Donkeys form strong friendships and can become very upset if their friend is taken away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «friendship» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friendship/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.